Office of Corporate Planning
The primary mission of the USPTO is to build for the future and promote U.S. competitiveness in the global marketplace by protecting and strengthening intellectual property rights world-wide. The Office of Corporate Planning supports this mission by ensuring that the USPTO's annual performance supports the strategic plan, and that the budget is efficiently and effectively executed to achieve optimal performance levels across all business units, and actionable information is provided to executive management.
The Office of Corporate Planning is composed of the following divisions: Budget Formulation and Performance Management Division, Budget Execution Division, and Forecasting and Analysis Division.
Our Budgets, Plans & Reports page includes helpful links such as the President's Budget Requests, Strategic Plan, and Budget and Accountability Reports.
Brendan Hourigan is the Acting Director of the Office of Corporate Planning.
The Office of Corporate Planning is composed of the following divisions:
Budget Formulation and Performance Management Division
The Budget Formulation and Performance Management Division produce the annual Budget Submission to OMB and the President’s Budget Request by coordinating, compiling and analyzing Agency resources requests in line with strategic priorities and performance goals. The Division also prepares the annual Performance and Accountability report, a comprehensive summary of program and financial results that assess the Agency performance relative to mission and accountability of financial resources.
The primary responsibilities of the Budget Formulation and Performance Management Division are to:
- Provide leadership, management and direction on budget formulation guided by strategic planning and budget formulation
- Develop annual budget requests and justifications to OMB and Congress
- Manage the reporting and tracking of the President's Management Agenda items and other performance reporting, and
- Serve as the focal point for budget matters with OMB and Congress
Joan Bolton is the Director of the Budget Formulation and Performance Management Division.
Budget Execution Division
The Budget Execution Division coordinated development of detailed operational spending plans including major contracts and equipment purchases for each business unit within the Agency. The Division monitors, analyzes and reports on current year spending, while ensuring available levels of appropriated and anticipated income. The Division also ensures compliance with all laws and regulations.
The primary responsibilities of the Budget Execution Division are to:
- Develop operational spending plans based on resources needs, strategic priorities and anticipated income
- Conduct assessments and evaluations of budgetary and financial resources
- Manage regulatory and stakeholder budget controls and reporting requirements (internal and external)
- Coordinate Inter-Agency Agreements and Memorandums of Understandings, and
- Manage the Office of Inspector General and Government Accounting Office requests and audits
Brendan Hourigan is the Director of the Budget Execution Division.
Forecasting and Analysis Division
The Forecasting and Analysis Division provides estimates of current and future year fee collections based on anticipated economic, legislative and business climates, incoming and in-process workloads, and expected fee rates. The Division coordinates Agency statistical reporting and collaborates with other global patent offices on forecasting methodologies.
The primary responsibilities of the Forecasting and Analysis Division are to:
- Model workload forecasts in concert with global economic conditions
- Provide fee collections forecasts and analysis, used to make informed decisions on resource requirements
- Analyze regulatory and legislative changes for economic impacts to Agency operations
- Manage revisions to our current fee schedule
- Coordinate International Intellectual Property workload reporting and distribution and
- Coordinate the development, clearance and management of Agency Administrative Orders
Dianne Buie is the Director of the Forecasting and Analysis Division.
