The Implementation of the new Patent Rules

David Kappos, Director of the USPTO recently participated in an hour and a half of Q&A with Eileen McDermott of Managing IP (webcast available here) , discussing how implementing the new patent rules will change Patent Office practice.

He was overall quite positive about the changes.  Below I summarize some the aspects of his comments that I thought were particularly relevant.  My comments are in italics.

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