Design Patent Bar Plagued by Low Applicant Numbers Two Years In

Sterne Kessler Director and Co-Chair of the Patent Prosecution Practice Daniel Gajewski spoke to Bloomberg Law about trends at the design patent bar since its launch in January 2024.

Gajewski commented, “It’s much too soon to say whether the design patent bar is a success. It makes sense that we’re only seeing it start with agents and not attorneys, because of the education requirements and qualifications that we need.”

He also stated that the pipeline of attorneys and law students with design backgrounds may take longer to build and recalled intellectual property attorneys had visited his engineering classes.