1.0hort.net bloghttps://www.hort.net/blogChristopher Lindseyhttps://www.hort.net/blog/author/chris/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="YcoZDeDkhS"><a href="https://www.hort.net/blog/2015/01/17/meet-your-plant-patent-examiners/">Meet your plant patent examiners</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.hort.net/blog/2015/01/17/meet-your-plant-patent-examiners/embed/#?secret=YcoZDeDkhS" width="600" height="338" title="“Meet your plant patent examiners” — hort.net blog" data-secret="YcoZDeDkhS" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> We’ve added nearly 10,000 patents to our plant patent database at hort.net going back through 2005, and we thought that it would be fun to look at the patent examiners. How many are there? Which ones are busiest? This won’t reveal anything new, but we’re hoping it offers insights into what can be done with […]