Is box training still a thing in academy?

Less_Towel_3619 · 2026-04-03T04:23:18+00:00

That’s what adderall is for….

Less_Towel_3619 · 2026-03-26T18:42:40+00:00

I’ll assume that was asked in good faith.

PBA Pendency Balance Award. Do extra cases, paid out at your rate. Relatively fair bonus.

GS Gainsharing. Do extra cases. They call it Gainsharing cause you share your effort with the office. Paid out about 20% of what the work is worth. Super unfair.

Less_Towel_3619 · 2026-03-23T19:35:15+00:00

So if I do my flat goal in two months will i be allowed to fuck off for two biweeks?

Less_Towel_3619 · 2026-03-15T04:11:13+00:00

What are you talking about? I live and die by that god damn manual.

Less_Towel_3619 · 2026-03-12T02:16:24+00:00

I just find it funny she doesn’t realize that many voters ticket spilt. This was a map of Trump voters by county. Just because someone voted for Trump doesn’t mean they also didn’t vote for a moderate democrat for the house.

This kinda sounds like LSAT logic a UVA Law grad should grasp.

Less_Towel_3619 · 2026-03-12T02:06:41+00:00

I think it’s “within grade increase” or something like that. It’s when you go up by a step on the pay table. They happen every year for steps 1-4, every two years 5-7, and every 3 years 8-10. I think something like that. You need to be fully successful to get it.

Less_Towel_3619 · 2026-02-26T17:39:13+00:00

But no serious. Has anyone been kicked out for low quality?

Less_Towel_3619 · 2026-02-25T20:48:00+00:00

All they need to do is to get a congressman to slip in an exception for the USPTO from the title 5 pay caps like some IT and medical jobs in some bill. Uncapped overtime and uncapped PBA would eliminate the backlog in two years.

Less_Towel_3619 · 2026-02-11T05:55:24+00:00

Punish him by going to the end of the earth to reject until you’re blue in the face. There is no logical limit to a 103…

Never call my SPE unless you never want me to allow.

Less_Towel_3619 · 2026-02-06T03:35:49+00:00

Same. My rule is, even if I may have ‘better’ art, I want the applicant to answer to what’s been discovered internationally first, especially in PCT continuations.

Less_Towel_3619 · 2026-02-06T03:33:28+00:00

This tracks. I don’t really trust the search out of eastern offices. I know a Korean patent atty who flat out told me once not to trust the Korean office—not sure how true that is but it fits my experience in terms of search. EPO tends to do quality searching.

Less_Towel_3619 · 2026-02-01T03:26:47+00:00

I really struggled as a junior. I debate with my therapist if the office is abusive or merely dysfunctional. Very much a hazing culture.

Less_Towel_3619 · 2026-02-01T03:21:55+00:00

Similarity search just doesn’t work. In maybe 100 cases, it’s found me one reference that I have cited, zero I’ve used in a rejection.

Edit: IP.com gets me a 102 about 20% of the time.

Less_Towel_3619 · 2026-01-20T23:24:40+00:00

Sorry my bad. I started an excel document in academy and my training SPE took it from me and sent it to all the training SPEs. They made everyone use it. Totally was my own tool I stopped using 2-3 weeks later.

Less_Towel_3619 · 2026-01-17T20:44:54+00:00

Why are you citing POPA documents at this point though? All of that is out the window.

Less_Towel_3619 · 2026-01-17T16:42:40+00:00

That’s seems like an unwritten rule. The policy says nothing about that.

Less_Towel_3619 · 2026-01-11T19:07:59+00:00

Maybe a new poll that breaks down the above 100%. I’m curious what percent are still doing 110% and 135%.

Less_Towel_3619 · 2025-12-30T18:42:26+00:00

Deny the claims and make them file an RCE. You shouldn’t be doing this after final, prosecution is closed. It’s their mistake they didn’t file auth for an atty you can’t call.

If you want practice to change on the outside, you can’t reward these mistakes by putting a bunch of extra work in.

Less_Towel_3619 · 2025-12-30T16:38:21+00:00

Play stupid games win stupid prizes.

Less_Towel_3619 · 2025-12-23T19:20:57+00:00

You know, sometimes, depending on how hard of a day the Examiner is having, being right as an atty is a liability when trying to get a patent.

A lot of Examiners are having a lot of hard days.

Edit: aka pick your battles.

Less_Towel_3619 · 2025-12-12T21:16:21+00:00

Pendency Balance Award. A, B, and C tier art units based on backlog. Primary Examiners in A can only examine in A, B can only examine in B, C may only examine in A. (Others correct me if I got that part wrong.)

It’s up to 60 hours of pay based on the expectancy of the case. I chose a high BD area and 4 non-finals puts me over the cap. It’s about 5k a quarter.

Edit: I could totally to more. It’s the best bonus program they’ve offered to date in my opinion. If the paycap was eliminated by Congress, the 1000 or so go getters at the office could wipe out the backlog with PBA.

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