"John Doll" is the name of:

* John J. Doll, current head of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

* John P. Doll (born 1961), American politician and former member of the Minnesota State Senate

* John Doll (Kansas politician)

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We added over 85,000 cases to the backlog last year. This year, we will add over 100,000 cases to the backlog.

We do not have the ability to examine all the new cases that are being filed, and that's especially true in the high-tech areas.

There's a lot of concern about software patents. There's a huge amount of source code out there, but it's not in a usable form that examiners can access.