Re: "Errors" in Pressman's "Patent It Yourself"

Bruce Hayden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

>> A couple of years ago another patent attorney told me that
>> I should not have included a list of reference numerals in
>> my application (as Patent It Yourself tells us to do) ...

>I would suggest that the majority of experienced
>practitioners do not do this, mostly from an estoppel
>reason.  Indeed, at one large corporate employer, you
>would prepare two different abstracts, one with for
>some foreign filing, and one without for U.S. filing.
>Similarly, we could include a copy of claims with numbers
>for our own use during prosecution (removed at issue),
>but could not submit such to the PTO.

Wait a minute!  Are you suggesting that patent practitioners take
deliberate steps to reduce the usefulness of their patent filings before
submission to the USPTO?
-- 
Rahul