What happens when you fail to thoroughly proofread your patent applications? Well, the USPTO will certainly not correct your patent drafting mistakes, so you may end up with an issued patent riddled with errors. And don’t
You can’t count on the USPTO to proofread your patent applications, especially for common mistakes like missing antecedent basis. For example, this 2006 study found that in a sample of 1600 patents issued by the USPTO:
