The Red Queen’s Race

Two cases showed up on my Expedited docket this week. One of them did so because the applicant wanted me to consider another Information Disclosure Statement on a case which I had allowed; I took appropriate action. The other was actually a Board of Appeals decision affirming my rejection of an application; it’s still on my Expedited docket, in paused status, because the applicant gets a period of time to respond. The application will probably be allowed to go abandoned, but the applicant just might pay to file a Request for Continued Examination and amend the claims, or else appeal it to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. So for now, I have one case on my Expedited docket.

I have made good progress on a Regular New application, but I have not finished searching and analyzing all of the claims. I hope to be done Monday.