Patent Quality Conference

Advancing Patent Quality Across the IP Community

Tuesday December 13, 2016
Hosted at USPTO Headquarters in Alexandria, VA

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We hosted this full-day Patent Quality Conference, in partnership with Duke and Santa Clara Law Schools, that featured an opening address by USPTO Director Michelle K. Lee on Advancing Quality in the IP Community; presentations by USPTO senior executives on the results of many of the programs of the Enhanced Patent Quality Initiative to date; four panel discussions, including a panel discussion with current and former federal judges on patent quality and its impact on the U.S. courts as well as an international panel discussing international quality efforts; and ethics training on professional responsibility and practice before the USPTO.

For inquiries about the event, please email PatentQuality@uspto.gov

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Video	Topic	Speakers
	Welcome Advancing Quality in the IP Community Clarity of the Record Pilot Results Improving Clarity and Reasoning in Office Actions Mater Review Form and Quality Metrics Result	Valencia Martin Wallace, Deputy Commissioner for Patent Quality Michelle K. Lee, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office Robin Evans, Director, Technology Center 2800, USPTO Greg Vidovich, Associate Commissioner for Patent Quality, USPTO Martin Rater, Acting Director, Office of Patent Quality Assurance, USPTO
	EPQI Programs: Topic Submission for Case Studies Results Presentation Patent Quality in the USPTO – Our Next Steps! Panel Session	Brian Hanlon, Director, Office of Patent Legal Administration, USPTO Jack Harvey, Assistant Deputy Commissioner for Patent Operations, USPTO Panelists: Valencia Martin Wallace, Deputy Commissioner for Patent Quality, USPTO Andrew Faile, Deputy Commissioner for Patent Operations, USPTO Robert Bahr, Deputy Commissioner for Patent Examination Policy, USPTO Kevin Rhodes, President and Chief IP Counsel, 3M Innovative Properties Company Hans Sauer, Deputy General Counsel, Biotechnology Innovation Organization
	Lunch Ethics Presentation: Professional Responsibility and Practice Before the USPTO	William Covey, Deputy General Counsel, Office of Enrollment and Discipline, USPTO
	Post Grant Activity: Patent Quality and Post Grant Activities Presentation Effect of Patent Quality in U.S. Courts Presentation Patent Quality and its Impact in the U.S. Courts Panel Discussion	Russell Slifer, Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Deputy Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office Hon. Raymond Chen, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Charles Molster, The Law Offices of Charles B. Molster, PLLC Panelists: Hon. Raymond Chen, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Hon. S. Jay Plager, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Hon. Paul Michel (ret.), Chief Judge, United Sates Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Paul Grewal, Vice President and Deputy General Counsel for Worldwide Litigation, Facebook; Magistrate Judge (ret.), United States District Court for the Northern District of California
	International and Stakeholder Cooperation Panel Discussions: International Quality Efforts What can Applicants do to Enhance Patent Quality Closing Remarks Next Steps of Enhancing Patent Quality/Closing Remarks	Professor Colleen Chien, Santa Clara Law Panelists: Dr. Stuart Graham, Associate Professor, Scheller College of Business, Georgia Institute of Technology Mark Powell, Deputy Commissioner for International Patent Cooperation, USPTO Roger Gobrogge, IP Counsel, ITIP ProFiciency, LLC Alfred Spigarelli, Principal Director of Quality Professor Arti Rai, Elvin R. Latty Professor of Law, Duke Law School Panelists: Russell Slifer, Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Deputy Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office Mark Vallone, Lead IP Counsel, IBM Robert Armitage, Consultant, IP Strategy & Policy Vera Ranieri, Attorney, Electronic Frontier Foundation Saurabh Vishnubhakat, Associate Professor of Law and Engineering, Texas A&M University Andrew Hirshfeld, Commissioner for Patents, USPTO

Patent Quality Conference

Advancing Patent Quality Across the IP Community

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