Press Releases
- AIA Second Anniversary Forum (September 04, 2013)
- Pro Bono program (November 12, 2013)
- Silicon Valley Satellite Office (November 19, 2013)
- USPTO Publishes Final Rules and Guidelines Governing First-Inventor-to-File (February 13, 2013)
- USPTO Helps Expand Pro Bono Patent Assistance to Nation's Inventors (October 25, 2012)
- USPTO Updates Registration Examination for New Patent Practitioners (October 4, 2012)
- USPTO Encourages Third Parties to Participate in Review of Pending Patent Applications (September 20, 2012)
- Historic Patent Reform Implemented by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (September 17, 2012)
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Seeks Comment on Proposed Fee Schedule as Mandated by America Invents Act (September 4, 2012)
- USPTO Hosting Two Public Information Events on America Invents Act (August 29, 2012)
- USPTO Selects Central Denver Location for Regional Satellite Office (August 23, 2012)
- USPTO Publishes Final Rules for Administrative Trials Under America Invents Act (August 13, 2012)
- USPTO Publishes Final Rules for Supplemental Examination and Inventor's Oath or Declaration (August 13, 2012)
- USPTO Publishes Final Rules for the Citation of Prior Art and Written Statements Provision of the America Invents Act (August 3, 2012)
- Final Rule for Statute of Limitations Provision of the America Invents Act (July 30, 2012)
- USPTO Publishes Proposed Rules Governing First-Inventor-to-File (July 26, 2012)
- USPTO Publishes Final Rules Governing Preissuance Submissions (July 17, 2012)
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Opens First-Ever Satellite Office in Detroit, Michigan (July 13, 2012)
- U.S. Commerce Department to Open Four Regional U.S. Patent Offices That Will Speed Up the Patent Process and Help American Businesses Innovate, Grow, and Create Jobs (July 2, 2012)
- USPTO Publishes Proposed Rules to Implement Micro Entity Status for Paying Discounted Patent Fees (May 30, 2012)
- USPTO to Host February 21 Webinar with Senior Agency Officials (February 15, 2012)
- USPTO Proposes Rules of Practice for Trials before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board and Judicial Review of Patent Trial and Appeal Board Decisions (February 9, 2012)
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Seeks Public Input on Proposed Fees (February 7, 2012)
- USPTO Publishes Proposed Rules for Supplemental Examination and to Revise Reexamination Fees (January 25, 2012)
- USPTO Announces Public Hearings and Request for Comments on Genetic Diagnostic Testing per the America Invents Act (January 25, 2012)
- USPTO Issues Reports Required by the America Invents Act on the Prior User Rights Defense Study and the International Patent Protection for Small Business Study (January 17, 2012)
- USPTO to Host Seven Public "Roadshows" Across U.S. to Support America Invents Act Implementation (January 9, 2012)
- Ahead of Schedule, USPTO Publishes Proposed Rules to Implement Four Provisions of the America Invents Act (January 6, 2012)
- USPTO Seeking Comments on Future Locations for Satellite Offices (November 29, 2011)
- USPTO to Host Webinar on America Invents Act (AIA) With Senior Agency Officials (October 26, 2011)
- USPTO to Conduct Studies of Prior User Rights and International Patent Protection for Small Businesses per the America Invents Act (October 18, 2011)
- USPTO Updates Effective Date of "Track One" Fast-Track Patent Processing (September 23, 2011)
- USPTO Updates Fee Schedule Following Enactment of Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (September 21, 2011)
- President Obama signs America Invents Act (September 16, 2011)
Speeches
| Date | Event/Venue | Speaker |
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| 9/16/13 | AIA Second Anniversary | Teresa Stanek Rea, Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for IP and Deputy USPTO Director |
| 6/7/13 | LAIPA | Teresa Stanek Rea, Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for IP and Deputy USPTO Director |
| 4/4/13 | 2013 ABA IPL Section Conference | James Donald Smith, Chief Administrative Patent Judge & Michael Tierney, Lead Administrative Patent Judge |
| 3/27/13 | California State Bar, IP Section | Janet Gongola, Patent Reform Coordinator |
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3/22/13 |
HUSL 10th Annual Law Seminar | Scott Boalick, Lead Administrative Patent Judge |
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3/22/13 |
Patent Law Practice after AIA Suffolk University Law School | Thomas Giannetti, Lead Administrative Patent Judge |
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3/22/13 |
Patent Law Update - Suffolk University Law School | Thomas Giannetti, Lead Administrative Patent Judge |
| 3/21/13 | Marcus Evans | Janet Gongola, Patent Reform Coordinator |
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3/5/13 |
American Conference Institute Medical Device Program | Janet Gongola, Patent Reform Coordinator |
| 3/4/13 | 15th Annual Richard C. Sughrue Symposium on Intellectual Property Law and Policy | Teresa Stanek Rea, Acting Director of the USPTO |
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2/25/13 |
James Donald Smith, Chief Administrative Patent Judge |
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| 2/22/13 | 57th Annual IP Conference at John Marshall Law School |
James Donald Smith, Chief Administrative Patent Judge & Michael Tierney, Lead Administrative Patent Judge |
| 2/21/13 | Richard Linn American Inn of Court (2) | Michael Tierney, Lead Administrative Patent Judge |
| 2/21/13 | Richard Linn American Inn of Court (1) | James Donald Smith, Chief Administrative Patent Judge |
| 2/7/13 | Japan Intellectual Property Association | Janet Gongola, Patent Reform Coordinator |
| 1/29/13 | LAIPLA Washington in the West Conference | Jeffrey Robertson, Lead Administrative Patent Judge |
| 1/17/13 | Boston Bar Association IP Year in Review | James Donald Smith, Chief Administrative Patent Judge |
| 12/3/12 | American Conference Institute: Pharmaceuticals, Biotech, and Life Science | Janet Gongola, Patent Reform Coordinator |
| 11/9/12 | Ohio Society of Professional Engineers | Janet Gongola, Patent Reform Coordinator |
| 11/2/12 | Chicago Intellectual Property Law Association | Janet Gongola, Patent Reform Coordinator |
| 10/26/12 | American Intellectual Property Law Association Annual Meeting | Janet Gongola, Patent Reform Coordinator |
| 10/25/12 | CBI's 4th Life Sciences Congress on Paragraph IV Disputes | Teresa Stanek Rea, Deputy Director of USPTO |
| 10/18/12 | Connecticut Intellectual Property Law Association | Janet Gongola, Patent Reform Coordinator |
| 10/16/12 | Aerospace Industries Association | Robert Bahr, Senior Patent Counsel, Office of the Deputy Commissioner for Patent Examination Policy |
| 10/11/12 | ACI's 13th Annual Maximizing Pharmaceutical Patent Life Cycles | Teresa Stanek Rea, Deputy Director of USPTO |
| 10/5/12 | Texas State Bar, Intellectual Property Law Section, Annual Meeting | Janet Gongola, Patent Reform Coordinator |
| 10/3/12 | Practicing Law Institute: How to Effectively Prosecute AIA Post-Grant Proceedings 2012 - Part 2 | Michael Tierney, Lead Judge, Trial Section, BPAI |
| 10/3/12 | Practicing Law Institute: How to Effectively Prosecute AIA Post-Grant Proceedings 2012 - Part 3 | Michael Tierney, Lead Judge, Trial Section, BPAI |
| 9/21/12 | IP Section of the Virginia State Bar's Fall CLE | Teresa Stanek Rea, Deputy Director of USPTO; Robert Bahr, Senior Patent Counsel; Judge Michael Tierney |
| 9/14/12 | Indiana University Maurer School of Law: The America Invents Act, One Year Later | Michael Tierney, Lead Judge, Trial Section, BPAI |
| 7/26/12 | Greenville Patent Roundtable | Hiram Bernstein, Senior Advisor, Office of Patent Legal Administration |
| 6/29/12 | Utah State Bar | Janet Gongola, Patent Reform Coordinator |
| 6/1/12 | ABA Webinar: Understanding the America Invents Act: A Sweeping Change of U.S. Patent Prosecution Practice | Teresa Stanek Rea, Deputy Director of USPTO |
| 5/30/12 | Washington State Patent Law Association | Michael Tierney, Lead Judge, Trial Section, BPAI |
| 5/10/12 | AIPLA Spring Quarterly Meeting | Janet Gongola, Patent Reform Coordinator |
| 4/30/12 | Federal Laboratory Consortium Annual Meeting | Janet Gongola, Patent Reform Coordinator |
| 4/19/12 | Catholic Law School, Dean William Callyhan Robinson Lecture | Janet Gongola, Patent Reform Coordinator |
| 4/11/12 | Patent Office Goes to California | Janet Gongola, Patent Reform Coordinator |
| 4/3/12 | USPTO European Road Show / Stakeholder Outreach/Feedback Meetings | David Kappos, Director of USPTO |
| 3/27/12 | 34th PTRC Training Seminar | Hiram Bernstein, Senior Advisor, Office of Patent Legal Administration |
| 3/27/12 | Managing IP Reform Event | David Kappos, Director of USPTO |
| 3/23/12 | Cardozo Law School | Teresa Stanek Rea, Deputy Director of USPTO |
| 3/21/12 | MCCA Conference - 11th Annual CLE Expo | James Donald Smith, Chief Judge, BPAI |
| 3/19/12 | Akron University School of Law - 14th Annual Sughrue Symposium on IP Law and Policy | David Kappos, Director of USPTO |
| 3/15/12 | USPTO Implementation of the America Invents Act | Janet Gongola, Patent Reform Coordinator |
| 3/9/12 | 17th Annual Intellectual Property Institute, University of Washington | David Kappos, Director of USPTO |
| 3/8/12 | Alternative Dispute Resolution in IP | Bernard J. Knight Jr., General Counsel |
| 3/5/12 | Administrative Patent Revocation Trials | Teresa Stanek Rea, Deputy Director |
| 2/24/12 | 56th Annual Conference on Developments in Intellectual Property Law | Bernard Knight, General Counsel |
| 2/22/12 | The Trial Phase: Discovery, Testimony, Challenging Testimony, Use of Experts, and Estoppel | Michael Tierney, Lead Judge, Trial Section, BPAI |
| 2/21/2012 | The Preliminary Phase: Filing a Petition, the Preliminary Response, and Institution of Review | Michael Tierney, Lead Judge, Trial Section, BPAI |
| 2/21/12 | United States Patent and Trademark Office Road Show at the University of San Diego (CRU) | Remy Yucel, Director of Central Reexamination Unit |
| 2/21/12 | United States Patent and Trademark Office Road Show at the University of San Diego | Remy Yucel, Director of Central Reexamination Unit |
| 2/16/12 | University of South Florida - Annual Conference of the National Academy of Inventors | David Kappos, Director of USPTO |
| 2/9/12 | CIPLA | Janet Gongola / Patent Reform Coordinator |
| 2/8/12 | 7th Annual Corporate Intellectual Property Law Conference | Bruce Kisliuk, Assistant Deputy Commissioner for Patent Operations |
| 2/7/12 | NJIPLA Meeting Speaker | David Kappos, Director of USPTO |
| 1/31/12 | ACI Comprehensive Guide to Patent Reform for Life Sciences Companies | Janet Gongola, Patent Reform Coordinator |
| 1/25/12 | Post Grant Reviews in U.S., Europe and Japan | Michael Tierney, Lead Judge, Trial Section, BPAI |
| 1/24/12 | AIA Rules Package: 2012 Mid-Winter Institute Gives You a Critical First Look | Teresa Stanek Rea, Deputy Director of USPTO |
| 1/20/12 | Pfizer -- Implications of the AIA | Teresa Stanek Rea, Deputy Director of USPTO |
| 1/17/12 | 2012 ACPC Winter Meeting | Dana Colarulli, Director of Governmental Affairs |
| 1/12/12 | USPTO Discusses Implementation of the America Invents Act | Janet Gongola, Patent Reform Coordinator; Judge Michael Tierney; Robert Bahr, Senior Patent Counsel; Michelle Picard, Senior Advisor for Financial Management |
| 1/9/12 | USPTO Navigates the America Invents Act | Janet Gongola, Patent Reform Coordinator |
| 1/5/12 | Global IP Convention 2012 | Teresa Stanek Rea, Deputy Director of USPTO |
| 12/16/11 | Public Policy Forum with USPTO Director David Kappos: A Review of the America Invents Act and its impact on the USPTO | David J. Kappos, Director of USPTO |
| 12/7/11 | New Jersey IP Law Association 25th Annual CLE Seminar | Teresa Stanek Rea, Deputy Director of USPTO |
| 12/5/11 | 21st Annual PTO Day at Ronald Reagan Trace Center | David Kappos, Director of USPTO |
| 12/2/11 | Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis | Janet Gongola, Patent Reform Coordinator |
| 12/01/11 | Patent Public Advisory Committee Quarterly Meeting | Janet Gongola, Patent Reform Coordinator |
| 11/04/11 | Georgetown-Stanford Law Conference | David Kappos, Director of USPTO |
| 11/22/11 | New York State Bar Association | Robert Stoll, Commissioner for Patents |
| 11/03/11 |
Biotechnology Industry Organization IP Counsel Committee Conference |
Janet Gongola, Patent Reform Coordinator |
| 10/27/11 | AIPLA: USPTO Implementation of the America Invents Act | Janet Gongola, Patent Reform Coordinator |
| 10/20/11 | AIPLA Annual Meeting | Janet Gongola, Patent Reform Coordinator |
| 10/20/11 | AIPLA Annual Meeting | David Kappos, Director of USPTO |
| 10/17/11 | 5th Transatlantic Market Conference | David Kappos, Director of USPTO |
| 10/05/11 | CHESS - Chief Housewares Executive Super Session | Robert Stoll, Commissioner for Patents |
| 9/30/11 | Brookings Institution | David Kappos, Director of USPTO |
| 9/29/11 | National Minority Enterprise Development Conference | Richard Maulsby, Associate Commissioner for Innovation Development |
| 9/29/11 | Lunch and Learn About the America Invents Act | Dana Colarulli, Director of Governmental Affairs |
| 9/27/11 | American Conference Institute America Invents Act | Robert Stoll, Commissioner for Patents |
| 9/22/11 | WIPO Symposium | David Kappos, Director of USPTO |
Director's Blog
- An Update on Our Dallas, Denver, and Silicon Valley Offices (July 19, 2013)
- Happy Anniversary, Detroit (July 12, 2013)
- Examiner Training Continues on First Inventor to File (March 20, 2013)
- Congress Acts on AIA Corrections Bill (December 20, 2012)
- A Status Update on Use of Third Party Prior Art Submissions and Post-Grant Reviews (December 17, 2012)
- PTAB and Patentability Challenges (September 24, 2012)
- PTAB Submissions Have Commenced (September 18, 2012)
- Methodology for Appeal Fees (July 9, 2012)
- Ensuring Quality Inter Partes and Post Grant Reviews (June 19, 2012)
- Building a Better Post Grant (May 15, 2012)
- GAO a Helpful Partner on AIA Implementation (May 10, 2012)
- Increased Fees v. Operational Efficiencies (March 20, 2012)
- Comparing USPTO's New Post-Grant Processes and Associated Costs to EPO's (March 8, 2012)