In view of the official closing of the Federal Government offices in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, including the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), on Tuesday, January 2, 2007, the day proclaimed by President Bush as a National Day of Mourning, the United States Patent and Trademark Office will consider Tuesday, January 2, [...]

Last Friday, the USPTO issued a? press release? describing its performance as the best on record in over 20 years. The press release summarizes it annual report? and included this chart: ??? I am not sure why the USPTO chooses to emphasize this. Similar to a judge’s desired impartiality (e.g, she is not supposed to care who wins), [...]