A patent examiner will be the first person you encounter in the review process.
The patent examiner, however, rejected claims 1 to 5 and 11 to 26.
He lost most of his eyesight while working as a patent examiner.
The two professors say one solution is to get more information into the hands of patent examiners.
But if competitors are unable to find or understand an idea, there is a good chance that patent examiners will not either.
He became senior patent examiner during his first term.
Patent examiners have a time budget of a few hours in which to conduct such searches.
Ultimately, 588 new patent examiners were hired in fiscal year 2009.
The patent examiner is obliged to list all further prior art found in searches.
He said he had been told by the patent examiner to "get your war chest together."