February 21, 2006
Last Friday, Jon Dudas, the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO, announced his plan to hire 1,000 additional patent examiners per year over the next five years, with the goal of reducing the overall backlog of unexamined patent applications. During a speech given in North Carolina, Dudas mentioned that there is a current backlog of approximately 600,000 applications, and that this growth of the USPTO will help to “make the United States the best place in the world to invent.” For FY 2007, it is anticipated that the USPTO will keep the fees that it collects (approximately $1.8 billion) for the third year in a row.
Sacramento Business Journal Article: LINK
Department of Commerce FY 2007 Budget Information: LINK
Executive Biography – Jon W. Dudas: LINK
Sacramento Business Journal Article: LINK
Department of Commerce FY 2007 Budget Information: LINK
Executive Biography – Jon W. Dudas: LINK
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