Performance and Planning

Advancing Patent Quality Across t he IP Community Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2016 | 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. ET USPTO Headquarters, M adison Auditorium Keynote Speaker Michelle K. Lee Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property & Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office Insights...

Advancing Patent Quality Across t he IP Community Webcast Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2016 | 7:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. USPTO Texas Regional Office Keynote Speaker Michelle K. Lee Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property & Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office Insights into...

Advancing Patent Quality across the IP Community As part of the Enhanced Patent Quality Initiative , please join the Silicon Valley USPTO in San Jose to participate remotely in the public conference at USPTO headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia. The Silicon Valley USPTO will join the live...

Join the Midwest Regional U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the Trademark Assistance Center on December 13, 2016 from 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. ET for a question and answer session on trademarks at the Midwest Regional USPTO in Detroit, Michigan. This event is free and open to the public. Get the most...

The Silicon Valley USPTO hosts an interactive question and answer session with the Trademark Assistance Center (TAC) . During this virtual meeting with TAC, participants will learn about the trademark registration process and be able to ask questions of experts through our video teleconferencing...

Join the LiftFund Women’s Business Center and Café Commerce as we host the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for a special edition advanced level conference on intellectual property. During this conference, you will have the opportunity to learn more about topics related to preparing and filing an...

Public Event December 15, 2016 Invitation Roundtable 4 is to collect public input to help ensure the Office’s examination time goals accurately reflect the amount of time needed by examiners to conduct quality examination in a manner that responds to stakeholders’ interests. The event will include...

The Silicon Valley USPTO hosts a monthly patent brown bag lunch and learn session in its San Jose office from noon to 1:00 PM. A supervisory patent examiner will give an overview of the patent system and answer general patent questions during a live information session. This session is designed for...

The Silicon Valley USPTO serving the West Coast region will host an informational public tour from noon to 1:00 PM Pacific Time. Participants will tour the office and learn about the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the services and resources it provides to the public, famous inventors from the...

The USPTO will provide a series of programming regarding intellectual property at the Denver Public Library. The first part in the series will focus on an introduction to intellectual property, and the attendee will learn about the different types of intellectual property that exist. From there, a...