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<\/a><\/p>\n\u00a0Of the 1044 \u201cproper\u201d submissions, how many resulted in an Office Action relying upon the submitted art?\u00a0 Just 12.5%.\u00a0 Given that some interested party\u00a0went\u00a0to the effort and expense of making a submission, the fact that only 1 out of 8 is relied upon suggests\u00a0that the Examining Corps is\u00a0ignoring these submissions.<\/p>\n
Curious about\u00a0the prior art the USPTO is ignoring?\u00a0 There\u00a0are average of about 3.2 references per submission, which is likely due to the fact that there is no fee for a submission of three references or less.\u00a0\u00a028% of the submitted art are prior patents, 20% are prior published applications, 19% are foreign references, and 32% are non-patent literature.<\/p>\n \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" So far the USPTO reports a total of only 1382 submissions, about 25% of which were deficient. \u00a0Of the 1044 \u201cproper\u201d submissions, how many resulted in an Office Action relying upon the submitted art?\u00a0 Just 12.5%.\u00a0 Given that some interested … Continue reading <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n