MBHB Partners Dunstan Barnes and Mike Borella on USPTO’s Performance Appraisal Plan and its implications for budgeting, prosecution strategy

In IAM, MBHB Partners Dunstan Barnes and Mike Borella examine the USPTO’s newly revised Performance Appraisal Plan (PAP) and its potential to reshape patent prosecution strategy and budgeting. Barnes and Borella outline how these changes could reduce examiner-applicant collaboration, increase RCE filings and appeals, and ultimately impact patent quality. Read more here.