Senators Patrick Leahy and Thom Tillis recently introduced a bill to evaluate the transparency of patent examinations and ultimately improve the quality of patents. The bill requires the comptroller general of the United...more
On April 27th, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office held a Patent Quality Community Symposium at the Office in Alexandria, VA (consistent with its efforts to disseminate its workforce into regional offices, the offices in...more
In a notice published in the Federal Register (81 Fed. Reg. 16142) last month, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced that new patent quality metrics were being designed for use in FY2017 and that the Office was...more