Pattoo blogged about the All-American Foreign Patent Office last year.  In that post the disturbing outsourcing trend was discussed.  Well, it seems that the outsourcing trend continues to swell.

The Indian IP outsourcing industry is estimated to touch between $400 million and $500 million in the next few years, Gupta said.

The article from DNA India also states the following:

“It is not just cost arbitrage. There is a talent crunch in the West, while the number of patent filings is increasing from across the world,” Bangalore-based IP services outsourcing firm Brainleague CEO Arun K Narasani said.