
Consider a Spherical Patent: IP and Patenting in Technology Business
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5.12 WHAT, THEN, DOES THEPATENT
OFFICE MEASURE?
If the patent oce provides only a ltering function for a patent’s substantive
requirements, does it actually ever measure anything? e answer is yes. It is
actually very good at measuring the innumerable procedural requirements for
obtaining a patent.
When the patent oce receives a patent application, it rst scrutinizes the appli-
cation to make sure it complies with the numerous procedural requirements that
make it easier for the patent oce to examine the onslaught of patent applica-
tions it receives on a daily basis ( ...