USPTO Offering Expedited Patent Appeals Guest Blog by Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Deputy Director of the USPTO Russ Slifer The USPTO recently launched a new pilot program that will allow appellants with multiple ex parte appeals pending before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB)... Continue reading
Update on our Enhanced Patent Quality Initiative Guest blog by Deputy Commissioner for Patent Quality Valencia Martin Wallace I am encouraged that we have received more than 1,100 comments and suggestions about our Enhanced Patent Quality Initiative in response to our Federal Register notice, internal Patents Forums, and Patent Quality... Continue reading
USPTO Assistance for Independent Inventors and Small Businesses Blog by Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO Michelle K. Lee Helping small businesses and independent inventors with limited resources is an important goal of the USPTO, and supports the Obama administration’s commitment to leveling the... Continue reading
Redesigned and Updated Patents Dashboard Guest blog by Commissioner for Patents Peggy Focarino In direct response to feedback we’ve received from the public, we have updated our online Patents Dashboard. The Patents Dashboard is one of several tools the USPTO makes available to the public to track our progress in... Continue reading
Patent Pro Bono Program Expansion to Benefit Inventors Nationwide Blog by Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Deputy Director of the USPTO Michelle K. Lee Helping small businesses and independent inventors with limited resources is an important goal of the USPTO, and supports the Administration’s commitment to... Continue reading
Patent Examiner Technical Training: Connecting Scientific Experts with Patent Examiners to Strengthen the Patent System Blog by Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Deputy Director of the USPTO Michelle K. Lee In February of this year, the White House issued three new executive actions aimed, in part,... Continue reading
PTAB Hits the Road Again in November 2014 for Detroit Region Roadshows about the AIA Trials Blog by Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Deputy Director of the USPTO Michelle K. Lee Stakeholder engagement is a critical mission of the USPTO, and I am excited to share... Continue reading
USPTO’s Plain Language Toolkit Empowers Public on Patent Litigation Blog by Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Deputy Director of the USPTO Michelle K. Lee Following President Obama’s 2014 State of the Union call to curb abusive patent litigation, I joined with the National Economic Council and... Continue reading
Update on USPTO’s Implementation of ‘Alice v. CLS Bank’ Guest blog by USPTO Commissioner for Patents Peggy Focarino Today I would like to address our ongoing implementation of the June 19, 2014, unanimous Supreme Court decision in Alice Corporation Pty. Ltd. v. CLS Bank International, et al. (Alice Corp.). In... Continue reading
USPTO to Launch a Glossary Pilot Program that Will Support a Better Patent System Blog by Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Deputy Director of the USPTO Michelle K. Lee When President Obama last year announced a handful of executive actions to build a better patent system,... Continue reading
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