Patent Public Advisory Committee quarterly meeting

Event summary

August 13, 2020

10:30 a.m. ET - 3:00 p.m. ET

Add to Calendar2020-08-13 10:30:002020-08-13 10:30:00Patent 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 and watch the public session virtually at the following WebEx link. The PPAC advises the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO. Please submit questions to ppac@uspto.gov. PPAC quarterly meeting video (1 of 3) PPAC quarterly meeting video (2 of 3) PPAC quarterly meeting video (3 of 3) Agenda: Time Topic Principal(s) 10:30-11 a.m. Call to order - introduction PPAC Chair Julie Mar-Spinola Opening remarks Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO Andrei Iancu 11-12 p.m. Pendency and Quality Pendency data and continuation practice data Update on quality initiatives Search Immersion Peer Search Collaboration Pilot updates PPAC Quality and Pendency Subcommittee Chair Steve Caltrider Commissioner for Patents Drew Hirshfeld Deputy Commissioner for Patent Operations Andrew Faile Deputy Commissioner for Patent Quality Robin Evans Director, Office of Patent Quality Assurance Stefanos Karmis Director, TC 2800 Matt Such 12-12:30 p.m. PTAB Ex Parte Appeals PTAB Fast-Track Program PTAB Updates PPAC PTAB Subcommittee Chair Jeff Sears Chief Judge, Patent and Trial Appeal Board Scott Boalick Deputy Chief Judge, Patent Trial and Appeal Board Jackie Bonilla Acting Vice Chief Judge, Patent Trial and Appeal Board Michael Kim Lead Judge, Patent Trial and Appeal Board Kalyan Deshpande Break 12:45-1:15 p.m. Innovation Expansion National Council for Expanding American Innovation Update Affinity groups at the USPTO PPAC Innovation Expansion Subcommittee Chair Jennifer Camacho Deputy Commissioner for International Patent Cooperation Valencia Martin Wallace Director of the Office of EEO & Diversity Bismarck Myrick 1:15-1:45 p.m. Legislative Update Patents for Humanity Program Improvement Act Telework for U.S. Innovation Act IDEA Act PPAC Chair Julie Mar-Spinola Director, Office of Governmental Affairs and Oversight Branden Ritchie Deputy Director, Office of Governmental Affairs and Oversight Kimberley Alton 1:45-2 p.m. IT update Update on search rollout Update on Patent Center Update on alternate processing site(s) and failover Update on PTAB system PPAC IT Subcommittee Chair Mark Goodson Chief Information Officer Jamie Holcombe Deputy Chief Information Officer Debbie Stephens Patent Senior Information Technology Expert William Stryjewski Portfolio Manager, PE2E Raman Sarna 2-2:20 p.m. Artificial Intelligence (AI) Developments in AI patent policy Update on AI technologies at the USPTO PPAC AI Subcommittee Co-Chairs Jeremiah Chan | Bernard Cassidy Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Deputy Director of the USPTO Laura Peter Senior Counsel to the Director, Office of the Under Secretary and Director Coke Stewart Director, TC 2800 Matt Such 2:20-2:40 p.m. International July 21 IP5 heads meeting Repository for Common Access to Data Elements (R-CADE) IP attaché program – what they do, how they can help Patents 4 Partnerships PPAC International Subcommittee Co-Chairs Tracy Durkin | Jeff Sears Deputy Commissioner for International Patent Cooperation Valencia Martin Wallace Senior Advisor, International Patent Business Solutions Nelson Yang Chief Policy Officer and Director for International Affairs Shira Perlmutter 2:40-3 p.m. Finance/Budget FY 2020 status FY 2021 status FY 2022 budget Fee rulemaking PPAC Finance Subcommittee Chair Dan Lang Chief Financial Officer Jay Hoffman 3 p.m. Meeting adjourn PPAC Chair Julie Mar-Spinola America/New_Yorkpublic

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PPAC quarterly meeting

Meeting ID/Number

199 773 4592

Phone Number

+1 (415) 527-5035

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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 and watch the public session virtually at the following WebEx link. The PPAC advises the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO.

Please submit questions to ppac@uspto.gov.

PPAC quarterly meeting video (1 of 3)

PPAC quarterly meeting video (2 of 3)

PPAC quarterly meeting video (3 of 3)

Agenda:

Time	Topic	Principal(s)
10:30-11 a.m.	Call to order - introduction	PPAC Chair Julie Mar-Spinola
10:30-11 a.m.	Opening remarks	Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO Andrei Iancu
11-12 p.m.	Pendency and Quality Pendency data and continuation practice data Update on quality initiatives Search Immersion Peer Search Collaboration Pilot updates	PPAC Quality and Pendency Subcommittee Chair Steve Caltrider Commissioner for Patents Drew Hirshfeld Deputy Commissioner for Patent Operations Andrew Faile Deputy Commissioner for Patent Quality Robin Evans Director, Office of Patent Quality Assurance Stefanos Karmis Director, TC 2800 Matt Such
12-12:30 p.m.	PTAB Ex Parte Appeals PTAB Fast-Track Program PTAB Updates	PPAC PTAB Subcommittee Chair Jeff Sears Chief Judge, Patent and Trial Appeal Board Scott Boalick Deputy Chief Judge, Patent Trial and Appeal Board Jackie Bonilla Acting Vice Chief Judge, Patent Trial and Appeal Board Michael Kim Lead Judge, Patent Trial and Appeal Board Kalyan Deshpande
Break
12:45-1:15 p.m.	Innovation Expansion National Council for Expanding American Innovation Update Affinity groups at the USPTO	PPAC Innovation Expansion Subcommittee Chair Jennifer Camacho Deputy Commissioner for International Patent Cooperation Valencia Martin Wallace Director of the Office of EEO & Diversity Bismarck Myrick
1:15-1:45 p.m.	Legislative Update Patents for Humanity Program Improvement Act Telework for U.S. Innovation Act IDEA Act	PPAC Chair Julie Mar-Spinola Director, Office of Governmental Affairs and Oversight Branden Ritchie Deputy Director, Office of Governmental Affairs and Oversight Kimberley Alton
1:45-2 p.m.	IT update Update on search rollout Update on Patent Center Update on alternate processing site(s) and failover Update on PTAB system	PPAC IT Subcommittee Chair Mark Goodson Chief Information Officer Jamie Holcombe Deputy Chief Information Officer Debbie Stephens Patent Senior Information Technology Expert William Stryjewski Portfolio Manager, PE2E Raman Sarna
2-2:20 p.m.	Artificial Intelligence (AI) Developments in AI patent policy Update on AI technologies at the USPTO	PPAC AI Subcommittee Co-Chairs Jeremiah Chan \| Bernard Cassidy Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Deputy Director of the USPTO Laura Peter Senior Counsel to the Director, Office of the Under Secretary and Director Coke Stewart Director, TC 2800 Matt Such
2:20-2:40 p.m.	International July 21 IP5 heads meeting Repository for Common Access to Data Elements (R-CADE) IP attaché program – what they do, how they can help Patents 4 Partnerships	PPAC International Subcommittee Co-Chairs Tracy Durkin \| Jeff Sears Deputy Commissioner for International Patent Cooperation Valencia Martin Wallace Senior Advisor, International Patent Business Solutions Nelson Yang Chief Policy Officer and Director for International Affairs Shira Perlmutter
2:40-3 p.m.	Finance/Budget FY 2020 status FY 2021 status FY 2022 budget Fee rulemaking	PPAC Finance Subcommittee Chair Dan Lang Chief Financial Officer Jay Hoffman
3 p.m.	Meeting adjourn	PPAC Chair Julie Mar-Spinola

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