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  1. Patent reform HR1249 passes Senate 89-9. 2:53 PM Sep 8th, 2011 via txt
  2. Patent Reform Act passes house; first-to-file is in, full guaranteed funding for Patent Office is probably out 8:37 AM Jun 24th, 2011 via txt
  3. House Judiciary Committee approves patent reform bill 6:38 AM Apr 15th, 2011 via txt
  4. The USPTO will cease prosecution 6 days after government shutdown - only essential operations will continue 11:29 AM Apr 7th, 2011 via txt
  5. USPTO issues final rule implementing prioritized examination track 8:13 AM Apr 5th, 2011 via txt
  6. Senate passes patent reform bill 95-5 5:21 AM Mar 9th, 2011 via txt
  7. US Senate nears final vote on revisions to Patent Act per New York Times 6:33 AM Mar 8th, 2011 via txt
  8. Director Kappos stated that goal is to hire over 1,000 patent attorneys this fiscal year 10:48 AM Oct 21st, 2010 via txt
  9. Target is 2.1 actions per disposal 10:38 AM Oct 21st, 2010 via txt
  10. Applications per disposal has fallen from 2.9 to 2.4 10:37 AM Oct 21st, 2010 via txt
  11. Correction - target is 325,000 10:34 AM Oct 21st, 2010 via txt
  12. Director Kappos at AIPLA Annual Meeting: patent backlog below 710,000 - target is below 375,000 10:29 AM Oct 21st, 2010 via txt
  13. Enhanced First Action Interview Pilot Program Extended www.foundpersuasive.com 11:26 AM Oct 14th, 2010 via txt
  14. USPTO Adopts New Quality Measures for Examination www.foundpersuasive.com 2:12 PM Oct 12th, 2010 via txt
  15. New patent Examiner technical training program www.foundpersuasive.com 11:00 AM Sep 20th, 2010 via txt
  16. USPTO launches patents dashboard www.foundpersuasive.com 2:04 PM Sep 8th, 2010 via txt
  17. News post on changes to Examiner Interview process www.foundpersuasive.com 12:02 PM Aug 12th, 2010 via txt
  18. New article on Interim Guidelines for Subject Matter Eligibility www.foundpersuasive.com/101_guidelines_bilski.aspx 5:31 PM Jul 28th, 2010 via txt
  19. USPTO 2010-2015 Strategic Plan Summary - Part 1 www.foundpersuasive.com/2015_strategic_plan_1.aspx 12:39 PM Jul 21st, 2010 via txt
  20. New USPTO backlog reduction goal to 699K and Examiner incentives www.foundpersuasive.com/USPTO_backlog_goal.aspx 11:15 AM Jul 20th, 2010 via txt