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Protected: How the USPTO holds up SAWS applications – Let us count the ways

April 12, 2019 mkernnat
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The USPTO’s cover-up of the secret SAWS

August 8, 2018 mkernnat

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) has attempted to cover-up the function and true purpose of its Sensitive Applications Warning System (“SAWS”), a "deep state" program that has attracted substantial interest since it came to light in late 2014.  

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The SAWS disproportionately targeted individual and small entity inventors

July 18, 2018 mkernnat

The USPTO’s Sensitive Applications Warning System (“SAWS”) described in a companion post operated secretly for decades.  Information obtained from the USPTO under the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) reveals that applications of individual and small entity inventors were disproportionately affected … Read the rest

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OMB sued for refusing to correct its exemption of USPTO’s “bootleg” Information Collections

August 17, 2016 mkernnat

You may recall our prior post on the OMB’s obscure exemption of a $3 billion per year “bootleg” Information Collection.  Now, the American Association for Equitable Treatment and inventor Gilbert Hyatt filed a complaint against OMB for its denial of … Read the rest

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PRA-101 — The procedures, scope, and power of the Paperwork Reduction Act

June 14, 2016 mkernnat

Enacted in 1980 and amended in 1995, the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA, 44 U.S.C. § 3501 et seq.) is a less-known but an important law to rein-in federal agency regulatory burdens on the American public.  The PRA provides a

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OMB’s obscure exemption of USPTO “bootleg” information Collection presently reaching $3 billion per year

June 12, 2016 mkernnat

The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) does not now have, and apparently has never had, a valid OMB control number for Information Collection (IC) contained in its rules for Amendments and Responses under 37 C.F.R. §§ 1.111, 1.115, or … Read the rest

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PRA Public Comments on patent applications

June 10, 2016 mkernnat

USPTO issues a 60-day notice for ICR on Patent Processing (Updating), OMB Control No. 0651-0031.  Public comments are due on or before July 22, 2016.… Read the rest

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