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Patent Examiners Facing Productivity Push, Higher Standards

By Theresa Schliep ( October 15, 2025, 9:53 PM EDT) -- Officials at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Wednesday detailed changes to patent examiners' performance requirements, outlining increased productivity goals, heightened supervisory scrutiny, and more strenuous evaluation standards for the examiner corps....

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