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

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