USPTO Proposed Budget Just Shy of $3B

President Obama has released his proposed FY2013 budget that would begin October 1, 2012. The budget proposes to provide the USPTO with full access to its fee collections at an estimated $2.95 billion ($250 million over FY2012 and more than $1 billion over 2009.  The revenue gives Director Dave Kappos the funds he has needed to hire examiners and BPAI judges and to revamp the USPTO's defunct IT system.  Lets see how it rolls.