Patent Public Advisory Committee quarterly meeting

Event summary

August 8, 2019

9:00 a.m. ET - 2:45 p.m. ET

USPTO Headquarters

600 Dulany Street

Clara Barton Auditorium South

Alexandria, VA 22313

Add to Calendar2019-08-08 09:00:002019-08-08 09:00:00Patent Public Advisory Committee quarterly meeting Attend the next quarterly meeting of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the Patent Public Advisory Committee (PPAC) for a review of policies, goals, performance, budget, and user fees. You can attend the public session at the USPTO’s Alexandria campus or watch the meeting online. The PPAC advises the under secretary of commerce for intellectual property and director of the USPTO. Livestream Please submit questions to ppac@uspto.gov. Agenda: Time Topic Principal(s) 9:00-9:05 a.m. Call to order - introduction PPAC Chair Marylee Jenkins 9:05-9:30 a.m. Opening remarks Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO Andrei Iancu 9:30-11 a.m. Quality and Operations update • Role of the patent examiner • OPQA search feedback pilot • Peer search collaboration Deputy Commissioner for Patent Operations Andrew Faile Deputy Commissioner for Patent Quality Valencia Martin Wallace Director, Technology Center 2800 Robin Evans Director, Technology Center 3600 Wendy Garber Acting Director, Office of Patent Quality Assurance Patricia Bianco Director, Technology Center 2800 Matthew Such 11-11:35 a.m. International update • International Patent Operations • IP5 update Deputy Commissioner for International Patent Cooperation Mark Powell Chief Policy Officer and Director for International Affairs Shira Perlmutter Patent Attorney, Office of Policy and International Affairs Courtney Stopp Lunch 12:20-1:20 p.m. PTAB update • POP cases • Ratification decisions • MTA pilot program status • Updates Chief Judge, Patent Trial and Appeal Board Scott Boalick Deputy Chief Judge, Patent Trial and Appeal Board Jackie Bonilla 1:20-1:50 p.m. IT update • Authentication change for EFS-Web and PAIR • Improve PALM Resiliency Chief Information Officer Jamie Holcombe Portfolio Manager, PE2E Raman Sarna Patent Senior Information Technology Expert William Stryjewski 1:50-2:20 p.m. Legislative update • SUCCESS Act Deputy Director, Office of Governmental Affairs and Oversight Kimberley Alton 2:20-2:40 p.m. Finance/Budget update • FY 2019 status • FY 2020 budget • FY 2021 budget • Fee rulemaking and biennial fee review Chief Financial Officer Sean Mildrew 2:40-2:45 p.m. Closing remarks Adjourn PPAC Chair Marylee Jenkins USPTO Headquarters 600 Dulany Street Clara Barton Auditorium South Alexandria, VA 22313 United States USPTO Headquarters 600 Dulany Street Clara Barton Auditorium South Alexandria, VA 22313 United States USPTO HeadquartersAmerica/New_Yorkpublic

Virtual Location

Livestream

Attend the next quarterly meeting of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the Patent Public Advisory Committee (PPAC) for a review of policies, goals, performance, budget, and user fees. You can attend the public session at the USPTO’s Alexandria campus or watch the meeting online. The PPAC advises the under secretary of commerce for intellectual property and director of the USPTO.

Livestream

Please submit questions to ppac@uspto.gov.

Agenda:

Time	Topic	Principal(s)
9:00-9:05 a.m.	Call to order - introduction	PPAC Chair Marylee Jenkins
9:05-9:30 a.m.	Opening remarks	Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO Andrei Iancu
9:30-11 a.m.	Quality and Operations update • Role of the patent examiner • OPQA search feedback pilot • Peer search collaboration	Deputy Commissioner for Patent Operations Andrew Faile Deputy Commissioner for Patent Quality Valencia Martin Wallace Director, Technology Center 2800 Robin Evans Director, Technology Center 3600 Wendy Garber Acting Director, Office of Patent Quality Assurance Patricia Bianco Director, Technology Center 2800 Matthew Such
11-11:35 a.m.	International update • International Patent Operations • IP5 update	Deputy Commissioner for International Patent Cooperation Mark Powell Chief Policy Officer and Director for International Affairs Shira Perlmutter Patent Attorney, Office of Policy and International Affairs Courtney Stopp
Lunch
12:20-1:20 p.m.	PTAB update • POP cases • Ratification decisions • MTA pilot program status • Updates	Chief Judge, Patent Trial and Appeal Board Scott Boalick Deputy Chief Judge, Patent Trial and Appeal Board Jackie Bonilla
1:20-1:50 p.m.	IT update • Authentication change for EFS-Web and PAIR • Improve PALM Resiliency	Chief Information Officer Jamie Holcombe Portfolio Manager, PE2E Raman Sarna Patent Senior Information Technology Expert William Stryjewski
1:50-2:20 p.m.	Legislative update • SUCCESS Act	Deputy Director, Office of Governmental Affairs and Oversight Kimberley Alton
2:20-2:40 p.m.	Finance/Budget update • FY 2019 status • FY 2020 budget • FY 2021 budget • Fee rulemaking and biennial fee review	Chief Financial Officer Sean Mildrew
2:40-2:45 p.m.	Closing remarks Adjourn	PPAC Chair Marylee Jenkins

Speakers

Drew Hirshfeld

Acting Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Acting Deputy Director of the USPTO

This event is part of a series: PPAC