2022 Business Methods partnership meeting

USPTO Business Methods Partnership Meeting

Interested in learning about the latest trends and initiatives underway in the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Business Methods examination area? 

Join us on September 13 from 10 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. ET for the 2022 Business Methods virtual customer partnership meeting.

Register for this year’s event.

This virtual event is an opportunity to bring stakeholders together to share ideas, experiences, and insights, and to provide a forum for informal discussion of current initiatives, quality, interview practice, petitions, and resources available to practitioners specific to the Business Methods area. Additionally, there will be interactive panels focused on artificial intelligence (AI) and financial technology (fintech).

There will be virtual engagement opportunities throughout the event for stakeholders to interact with supervisory patent examiners, quality assurance specialists, and directors in the Business Methods examination area.  

For additional information, email businessmethods@uspto.gov or call:

Ilana Spar at 571-270-7537
Matthew Gart at 571-272-3955
Patrick McAtee 571-272-7575

If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation, please submit your request to businessmethods@uspto.gov.

This event is part of a series: Patents Customer Partnership