If more are answered, I will grade only the first 25. Explanations are unnecessary. If you feel compelled to explain, use the reverse side of the sheet. Please do not make me guess which question your explanation might address. U.S.C. prohibits agencies other than the PTO from allowing nonlawyers to make appearances on behalf of others.
Patent examiners are useful and freely available witnesses in infringement litigation.
The PTO is on solid ground in forbidding parties from citing its unpublished decisions. Animal Legal states that the Commissioner of the PTO has no rulemaking authority. In Rydeen , the standard of review for non-Constitutional issues was clearly erroneous. Patent examiners are technically incompetent to evaluate utility in some ways that term could reasonably be defined. Actions in the nature of mandamus are highly favored for getting relief from adverse administrative decisions.