May 2004 POPA Newsletter
June 3, 2004 on 8:49 pm | In Uncategorized |I just saw the Radio Free PTO - May 2004 Newsletter (Patent Office Professional Association)
Includes these articles:
Image File Wrapper Hurts Examiners’ Health and Production
POPA Submits Examiners’ Sworn Statements in Attempt to Negotiate on Harmful IFW ImpactsAt least a dozen examiners have filed affidavits with the Federal Labor Relations Authority about the severely negative impact on their work lives of the USPTO’s fully electronic examination system, the Image File Wrapper (IFW).
The IFW often forces examiners to use 30-60 minutes more per action, causes repetitive motion injuries and eye problems, and requires examiners to print reams of documents that they can’t adequately examine on screen. Examiners need to review every document to find misclassified paper. Because nonpatent literature and foreign patents are indexed only by generic names or titles, examiners often must type in authors’ names and document titles to individually identify dozens of prior art documents…
USPTO Far from Top of “Best Places to Work” Ranking
The USPTO ranked 63rd out of 115 federal agencies in the ranking of the best places to work in the federal government compiled recently by the Partnership for Public Service and the American University’s Institute for the Study of Public Policy Implementation (ISPPI)….
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