10:30-11 a.m.
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Call to order - introduction |
- PPAC Chair Julie Mar-Spinola
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Opening remarks |
- Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO Andrei Iancu
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11-12 p.m. |
Pendency and Quality
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- PPAC Quality and Pendency Subcommittee Chair Steve Caltrider
- Commissioner for Patents Drew Hirshfeld
- Deputy Commissioner for Patent Operations Andrew Faile
- Deputy Commissioner for Patent Quality Robin Evans
- Director, Office of Patent Quality Assurance Stefanos Karmis
- Director, TC 2800 Matt Such
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12-12:30 p.m. |
PTAB
- Ex Parte Appeals
- PTAB Fast-Track Program
- PTAB Updates
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- PPAC PTAB Subcommittee Chair Jeff Sears
- Chief Judge, Patent and Trial Appeal Board Scott Boalick
- Deputy Chief Judge, Patent Trial and Appeal Board Jackie Bonilla
- Acting Vice Chief Judge, Patent Trial and Appeal Board Michael Kim
Lead Judge, Patent Trial and Appeal Board Kalyan Deshpande
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Break |
12:45-1:15 p.m. |
Innovation Expansion
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- PPAC Innovation Expansion Subcommittee Chair Jennifer Camacho
- Deputy Commissioner for International Patent Cooperation Valencia Martin Wallace
- Director of the Office of EEO & Diversity Bismarck Myrick
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1:15-1:45 p.m. |
Legislative Update
- Patents for Humanity Program Improvement Act
- Telework for U.S. Innovation Act
- IDEA Act
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- PPAC Chair Julie Mar-Spinola
- Director, Office of Governmental Affairs and Oversight Branden Ritchie
- Deputy Director, Office of Governmental Affairs and Oversight Kimberley Alton
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1:45-2 p.m. |
IT update
- Update on search rollout
- Update on Patent Center
- Update on alternate processing site(s) and failover
- Update on PTAB system
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- PPAC IT Subcommittee Chair Mark Goodson
- Chief Information Officer Jamie Holcombe
- Deputy Chief Information Officer Debbie Stephens
- Patent Senior Information Technology Expert William Stryjewski
- Portfolio Manager, PE2E Raman Sarna
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2-2:20 p.m. |
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
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- PPAC AI Subcommittee Co-Chairs Jeremiah Chan | Bernard Cassidy
- Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Deputy Director of the USPTO Laura Peter
- Senior Counsel to the Director, Office of the Under Secretary and Director Coke Stewart
- Director, TC 2800 Matt Such
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2:20-2:40 p.m. |
International
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- PPAC International Subcommittee Co-Chairs Tracy Durkin | Jeff Sears
- Deputy Commissioner for International Patent Cooperation Valencia Martin Wallace
- Senior Advisor, International Patent Business Solutions Nelson Yang
- Chief Policy Officer and Director for International Affairs Shira Perlmutter
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2:40-3 p.m. |
Finance/Budget
- FY 2020 status
- FY 2021 status
- FY 2022 budget
- Fee rulemaking
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- PPAC Finance Subcommittee Chair Dan Lang
- Chief Financial Officer Jay Hoffman
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3 p.m. |
Meeting adjourn
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- PPAC Chair Julie Mar-Spinola
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