John Doll is the name of: (wikipedia)
We added over 85,000 cases to the backlog last year. This year, we will add over 100,000 cases to the backlog.
We do not have the ability to examine all the new cases that are being filed, and that's especially true in the high-tech areas.
Collaboration between the Patent Office and the open source community builds on the momentum of the open source model. There is powerful logic in tapping vast public resources to address the growing public interest in patent quality.
There's a lot of concern about software patents. There's a huge amount of source code out there, but it's not in a usable form that examiners can access.
