Patent Office Statistics and Trends Around the World (RECORDING)

Recorded On: 06/18/2025

This webinar will examine trends relating to patent application backlogs, examination timelines, examination procedures and guidelines, and examiner performance at patent offices in the United States, Europe, and Asia. The speakers will explore the potential consequences of these trends for applicants and patent practitioners, including strategic considerations for preparing applications and expectations relating to examination.

Tobias Kaufmann

Partner

Bardehle Pagenberg

Tobias Kaufmann is a German and European patent attorney and a partner of the European IP firm Bardehle Pagenberg. He has more than 10 years of experience in prosecuting and litigating patents the fields of computer science and electrical engineering. In addition to his practical work on AI patent matters, he has also recently worked on amicus curiae letters to the EPO in the pending computer simulation referral case to the Enlarged Board of Appeal G1/19.   

Eric Magleby

Associate

Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd.

Eric Magleby is an associate in Leydig’s Frankfurt, Germany Office, where his practice focuses on advising clients in all aspects of U.S. intellectual property law, including patent prosecution, infringement and validity assessments, and freedom-to-operate investigations. His experience covers numerous products in a variety of fields, including the automotive, aviation, aeronautics, renewable energy, consumer products, manufacturing, medical device, robotics, and recreation industries. Eric also has experience litigating patent infringement and validity matters before federal courts and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Eric had an international upbringing and enjoys visiting and advising clients based all over the globe. Eric is also fluent in Japanese. 

Jacob Zhang

Patent Attorney

Lung Tin Law Firm

Jacob Zhang is a Chinese patent attorney. He has expertise in patent prosecution, invalidity, administrative and civil litigation, freedom to operate analysis, etc., and he is experienced in patent cases in technical areas of software, electronics, telecommunication, semiconductor, etc. Since 2007, he has represented a number of Fortune 500 companies in over 1,000 Chinese patent prosecution and litigation cases.

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