And a quarter of the applications handled by the USPTO contain no references to prior art, adds Mr Dudas, while another quarter contain more than 25 references.

USPTO处理的专利申请中有四分之一没有提及先前技术，Dudas先生补充说，同时有四分之一则包含了25个以上的先前技术参考。

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To complicate matters further, says Jon Dudas, the director of the USPTO, patent applications have become more complex as well as more numerous: some applications contain thousands of claims.

USPTO的主管Jon Dudas说，把事情弄的更糟的是，专利申请案也变得千头万绪：一些申请案中包含了上千个声明。

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Last March Dudas ordered a rare reexamination of four of Katz's patents, a process that could take several years.

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They got congressmen on the Senate and House judiciary committees, which oversee the patent office, to lobby Jon W. Dudas, its director.

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En el aire quedan muchas dudas, interrogantes y reflexiones que hacer.

BBC: Jueves, 7 de septiembre de 2006 - 00:28 GMT