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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
at least one company has exported a good deal of patent prosecution work to India. at least according to infirm greedy IP.
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They are exporting accounting work and even some tax work, too.
The patent exporting may make for a more interesting work for US lawyers in the long run if the patent attorneys are smart about it. They have to insist that they won't file the stuff without reviewing it, first. There are sure to be lots that will need to be redone. They are idiots if they agree to rubber stamp the stuff and file it.
Even if they do, when it comes time to prosecute the applications, the problems with the applications will make for more complex office actions. You cannot have someone who isn't admitted to practice before the PTO prosecute the applications. And the law really comes into play when you have to respond because of prosecution history estoppel.
It can be a pain in the ass to have to clean up someone else's mistakes, but it can be interesting and take quite a bit of time, too.
I don't know if it will be more cost efficient in the long run to export it.
