Monday, May 11, 2015

I had this crazy dream

In my dream, the USPTO had a rule that penalized applicants by cutting their PTA if their deadline fell on a weekend, but they didn't respond until the following business day.  Which is, of course, totally Kosher under the rules.

So in my dream, the rule penalizing applicants was overruled by the Courts.  And then, in my dream, it took FOUR YEARS for the USPTO to change the way its computers calculated PTA to comply with the decision.

FOUR YEARS.  

And then you know what happend?  The USPTO gave everybody four extra years of patent term, because of the delay in fixing the problem.

In my dreams.