By Donald Zuhn — Updated First Office Action Estimator Tool Now Available In a Patent Alert email distributed earlier today, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced that an updated First Office Action Estimator online tool is now available to Applicants for use in obtaining time estimates for the issuance of first Office actions in applications. The updated First Office Action Estimator online tool can be accessed here. In announcing the availability of the updated tool, the Office noted that the methodology for assigning patent applications to Examiners had changed in FY 2021, and as a result, the First Office…
