Re my previous post about suggestions to eliminate substantive patent examination, I was just made aware of D.C. Toedt, “Reengineering the Patent Examination Process: Two Suggestions,” 81 J. Pat. & Trademark Off. Soc’y 462 (1999). This is based on Toedt’s suggestion in 1994 “that the PTO steal two ideas from the SEC:
- Suggestion 1: create a convertible “low end” patent (CLEP)
- Suggestion 2: conduct examinations as administrative trials.
Check it out. Email me with any comments.
