Patent Public Advisory Committee quarterly meeting

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August 5, 2021

11:00 a.m. ET - 3:05 p.m. ET

Add to Calendar2021-08-05 11:00:002021-08-05 11:00:00Patent 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 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. PPAC quarterly meeting video Questions or comments related to the agenda below can be submitted in advance to ppac@uspto.gov. Agenda (all times are ET): Time Topic Principal(s) 11-11:30 a.m. Call to order - introduction PPAC Chair Julie Mar-Spinola Opening remarks Performing the functions and duties of the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO Drew Hirshfeld 11:30 a.m.-noon Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Arthrex 325(d) case study Inventor outreach efforts Training for APJs Improving the process-data sharing with Patents PPAC PTAB Subcommittee Chair Steve Caltrider Chief Judge Scott Boalick Deputy Chief Judge Jacqueline Bonilla Vice Chief Judge Janet Gongola Vice Chief Judge Scott Weidenfeller Vice Chief Judge Michael Kim Senior Lead Judge Kalyan Deshpande Senior Advisor and Judge Linda Horner Noon-12:40 p.m. Patent pendency and quality Update on design patents and quality of drawings Update on flow of petitions through the office PPAC Pendency and Quality Subcommittee Chair Jeff Sears Acting Commissioner for Patents Andrew Faile Deputy Commissioner Robin Evans Deputy Commissioner Robert Bahr Director, Technology Center 2900 Karen Young Deputy Director, Office of Petitions Fenn Mathew Acting Deputy Director, Office of Petitions Kristen Matter Break 12:50-1:10 p.m. Finance/budget FY 2021 financial status Next steps for the budget PPAC Finance Subcommittee Chair Barney Cassidy Deputy Chief Financial Officer Sean Mildrew 1:10-1:45 p.m. Artificial intelligence (AI)/information technology (IT) AI Policy update Recently published AI Patent dataset used in the recently issued report, "Inventing AI: Tracing the Diffusion of Artificial Intelligence with U.S. Patents" Highlights from the previously issued report of the National Security Commission on AI IT initiatives – three month look-back/look-forward on cybersecurity, resiliency, moving to the Cloud, and the upcoming new structure related to DOCX filing in January 2022 AI initiatives – enhanced search, and CPC auto-classification PPAC AI and IT Subcommittee Chair Jeremiah Chan Performing the functions and duties of the Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Deputy Director of the USPTO Coke Stewart Chief Economist Andrew Toole Chief Information Officer Jamie Holcombe Deputy Commissioner for Patents Richard Seidel Deputy Chief Information Officer Debbie Stephens Chief Information Security Officer Don Watson Director of Infrastructure Engineering and Operations Bob Simms Director, Technology Center 2800 Matthew Such 1:45-2:30 p.m. Outreach: International IP5 Heads meeting report out IP5 statistics report Legalizations of documents to support foreign patent filing Possible response/action items from Federal Register Notices on sections 101 and 171 Update on subject matter eligibility PPAC Outreach Subcommittee Chair Tracy Durkin Deputy Commissioner Valencia Martin Wallace Chief Policy Officer and Director of International Affairs Mary Critharis Senior Advisor, International Patent Business Solutions Nelson Yang 2:30-2:45 p.m. Legislative update PPAC Legislative Subcommittee Co-chairs Susan Braden and Dan Brown Attorney Advisor, Office of Governmental Affairs Tamara Foley 2:45-2:50 p.m. Innovation expansion update PPAC Innovation Expansion Subcommittee Chair Jennifer Camacho Deputy Commissioner Valencia Martin Wallace 2:50-3:05 p.m. Director's initiatives: Sustainability Performing the functions and duties of the Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Deputy Director of the USPTO Coke Stewart Senior Advisor for Operations Sarah Brown 3:05 p.m. Meeting adjourns PPAC Chair Julie Mar-Spinola America/New_Yorkpublic

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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 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.

PPAC quarterly meeting video

Questions or comments related to the agenda below can be submitted in advance to ppac@uspto.gov.

Agenda (all times are ET):

Time	Topic	Principal(s)
11-11:30 a.m.	Call to order - introduction	PPAC Chair Julie Mar-Spinola
11-11:30 a.m.	Opening remarks	Performing the functions and duties of the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO Drew Hirshfeld
11:30 a.m.-noon	Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Arthrex 325(d) case study Inventor outreach efforts Training for APJs Improving the process-data sharing with Patents	PPAC PTAB Subcommittee Chair Steve Caltrider Chief Judge Scott Boalick Deputy Chief Judge Jacqueline Bonilla Vice Chief Judge Janet Gongola Vice Chief Judge Scott Weidenfeller Vice Chief Judge Michael Kim Senior Lead Judge Kalyan Deshpande Senior Advisor and Judge Linda Horner
Noon-12:40 p.m.	Patent pendency and quality Update on design patents and quality of drawings Update on flow of petitions through the office	PPAC Pendency and Quality Subcommittee Chair Jeff Sears Acting Commissioner for Patents Andrew Faile Deputy Commissioner Robin Evans Deputy Commissioner Robert Bahr Director, Technology Center 2900 Karen Young Deputy Director, Office of Petitions Fenn Mathew Acting Deputy Director, Office of Petitions Kristen Matter
Break
12:50-1:10 p.m.	Finance/budget FY 2021 financial status Next steps for the budget	PPAC Finance Subcommittee Chair Barney Cassidy Deputy Chief Financial Officer Sean Mildrew
1:10-1:45 p.m.	Artificial intelligence (AI)/information technology (IT) AI Policy update Recently published AI Patent dataset used in the recently issued report, "Inventing AI: Tracing the Diffusion of Artificial Intelligence with U.S. Patents" Highlights from the previously issued report of the National Security Commission on AI IT initiatives – three month look-back/look-forward on cybersecurity, resiliency, moving to the Cloud, and the upcoming new structure related to DOCX filing in January 2022 AI initiatives – enhanced search, and CPC auto-classification	PPAC AI and IT Subcommittee Chair Jeremiah Chan Performing the functions and duties of the Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Deputy Director of the USPTO Coke Stewart Chief Economist Andrew Toole Chief Information Officer Jamie Holcombe Deputy Commissioner for Patents Richard Seidel Deputy Chief Information Officer Debbie Stephens Chief Information Security Officer Don Watson Director of Infrastructure Engineering and Operations Bob Simms Director, Technology Center 2800 Matthew Such
1:45-2:30 p.m.	Outreach: International IP5 Heads meeting report out IP5 statistics report Legalizations of documents to support foreign patent filing Possible response/action items from Federal Register Notices on sections 101 and 171 Update on subject matter eligibility	PPAC Outreach Subcommittee Chair Tracy Durkin Deputy Commissioner Valencia Martin Wallace Chief Policy Officer and Director of International Affairs Mary Critharis Senior Advisor, International Patent Business Solutions Nelson Yang
2:30-2:45 p.m.	Legislative update	PPAC Legislative Subcommittee Co-chairs Susan Braden and Dan Brown Attorney Advisor, Office of Governmental Affairs Tamara Foley
2:45-2:50 p.m.	Innovation expansion update	PPAC Innovation Expansion Subcommittee Chair Jennifer Camacho Deputy Commissioner Valencia Martin Wallace
2:50-3:05 p.m.	Director's initiatives: Sustainability	Performing the functions and duties of the Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Deputy Director of the USPTO Coke Stewart Senior Advisor for Operations Sarah Brown
3:05 p.m.	Meeting adjourns	PPAC Chair Julie Mar-Spinola

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