[Patentpractice] FW: Looking for a better understanding of how the patent system works?

[Neil R. Ormos]

Doreen Trujillo wrote:

> See below.
>
> From the Public Engagement Partnership page:

> | Meetings will have their specific agendas
> | providing opportunities to:
> |
> |   *   Learn about the patent system and the USPTO's practices and policies
> |   *   Participate in panel discussions
> |   *   Learn how read a patent and its parts.
> |   *   Learn how to submit third-party input on a patent application
> |   *   Learn how to submit requests for reexamination of patents
> |   *   Learn how to challenge patents after they are issued
> |
> | For more information about the USPTO's Public
> | Engagement Partnership, read the Federal
> | Register Notice of Meetings

> Typo aside, does this seem odd to anyone else?

Yes.  This public outreach seems directed not to how members of the public might get patents or learn from the teachings of patents, but instead is directed to how the public might challenge patents or limit their scope.