As mentioned in a previous post, USPTO will be required to hand in its report detailing its plan for eliminating work-from-home within the next nine business days. I don’t envy the USPTO’s task on this. Many of us recall a song by Miley Cyrus (Wikipedia article) that says:
And we can’t stop …
And we won’t stop …
I predict that USPTO’s report, reduced to its essence, will be along the lines of:
And we can’t stop [doing work-from-home]
And we won’t stop [doing work-from-home]
With everything we learned about working from home during the pandemic, there is no reason to go back to the office. In my opinion, working from home allows a person to balance work/life a whole lot better, become happier with their job, and in most instances, more productive. I foresee a tremendous slow down coming at the USPTO.