Talk:United States Patent and Trademark Office

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who can practice before the office

The article says: "The United States allows any citizen from any country to sit for the patent bar (if he/she has the requisite technical background)"

In view of:

https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/patent-and-trademark-practitioners/becoming-patent-practitioner

I would say that that statement is at least misleading. יעקב (talk) 15:01, 24 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Tag on Criticism Section

There is currently a tag on the Criticism section stating that it makes the article biased to have criticism in a separate section and the content should be merged into the rest of the article. I’ve never heard of that as a policy and I think the criticism section is well written and that it would decrease rather than increase the quality of the article to change it. I’m removing the tag. MadScientistX11 (talk) 01:13, 21 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Patent and Trademark basics.

Basics deserve a couple of paragraphs. If not here, then in a linked Wikipedia article. There is an old saying in journalism: Answer the 5 W's and the H (What? Where? Who? When? Why? and How?). Either need to be dealt with here or a link provided. Also missing: the length of pendency, the amount of litigation, the costs, and the failure to provide a reliable time-certain for expiration (because of so many loop-holes to the 20 yr period) are probably worthy of note. Also surprised that software, mathematical algorithms, DNA/RNA/proteins/etc. aren't mentioned.174.131.48.89 (talk) 09:20, 12 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia is not a collector of information nor a guide. (CC) Tbhotch^™ 19:16, 13 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]