Chad Gilles > News

Foreword: To date, the BigPatentData Blog has given little no attention to design patents. This is because I barely know the difference between a design... Read More »

In my previous post, I looked at two metrics - allowance rate and actions per disposal - that I find useful in assessing an examiner and formulating a strategy for... Read More »

How often do you get 5 minutes into an office action and you start thinking "here we go again, another idiot patent examiner that has no clue and is just trying... Read More »

No, my site did not get overrun by the pharmaceutical pushers that like to submit "advice" in the comments section. The title is referring to entity size... Read More »

Below is an animated visualization of the subject matter eligibility 101 roller coaster that patent prosecutors and examiners have been on over the past 5 years. The... Read More »