.through Dennis Crouch.The USPTO possesses pair of traditional functionalities: (1) high quality exam to make certain requests fulfill the asking for legal demands of patentability and (2) prompt and dependable handling of those documents. Current information proposes the Workplace is actually having a problem with the secondly of these directeds, as mirrored in a vigorous uptick in Patent Condition Adjustment (PTA) awards. [Graphes below]