Academics are invited to the USPTO to present their latest research on patent, trademark, trade secret or copyright issues. Find their recent research at their scholar pages linked below.

2025

March 11 - "AI-Generated Inventions: Implications for the Patent System," Gaétan de Rassenfosse (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)
 

2024

October 29 - “Firm growth through product offerings," Elvira Sojli (University of New South Wales)

January 25 - "Tracking the Evolution of Product Inventions with Trademark Data," Po-Hsuan Hsu (National Tsing Hua University)
 

2023

April 27 - "Innovation and Appropriability: Revisiting the Role of Intellectual Property," Tim Simcoe (Boston University)

February 9 - "The America Invents Act and Innovation by Small Entities," Satyaki Chakravarty (University of North Carolina Greensboro)

January 11 - "Measuring the Characteristics and Employment Dynamics of U.S. Inventors,” Nathan Goldschlag (U.S. Census Bureau)
 

2022

October 18 - "Should firms hold more patents? A randomized control trial on the commercial value of patent protection," Neil Thompson (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

May 17 - "The Effect of Female Political Leadership on Innovation: Evidence from U.S. Cities," Neel Sukhatme (Georgetown University Law Center)

April 20 - "Citations Backward and Forward: Insights Into the Patent Examiner’s Role,” Brian Wright (University of California at Berkeley)