Patent Public Advisory Committee fee setting hearing

Event summary

May 18, 2023

1:00 p.m. ET - 3:30 p.m. ET

Clara Barton Auditorium South

600 Dulany Street

Alexandria, VA 22314

Add to Calendar2023-05-18 13:00:002023-05-18 13:00:00Patent Public Advisory Committee fee setting hearing The Patent Public Advisory Committee (PPAC) will hold a hybrid public hearing on the USPTO’s proposed setting or adjusting of patent fees pursuant to the USPTO’s fee setting authority under section 10 of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA). The public was invited to provide oral testimony regarding the proposed patent fees at the hearing by submitting a written request by May 11. Written comments regarding the proposed patent fees are being accepted until May 25. For more information, see the Federal Register notice about the hearing. You can send questions about the agenda to ppac@uspto.gov. PPAC public meeting video Agenda Time Topic Principal(s) 1:00-1:15p.m. Welcoming remarks Suzanne Harrison, PPAC Chair Kathi Vidal, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO Vaishali Udupa, Commissioner for Patents Overview of fee adjustment proposals 1:15-1:50 p.m. Jay Hoffman, USPTO Chief Financial Officer 1:50-2:45 p.m. Scheduled testimony (in-person) James Packard Love, Knowledge Ecology International Patricia Kelmar, U.S. PIRG (Public Interest Research Group) Laura Sheridan, Google LLC Josh Malone, inventor Courtenay Brinckerhoff (Foley & Lardner LPP), speaking on behalf of Intellectual Property Owners Association Ashraf Fawzy, Unified Patents, LLC Ann M. Mueting, The American Intellectual Property Law Association Robert Katz, The US National Section of FICPI Dirk Tomsin and Molly Metz, JumpNrope 2:45-3:30 p.m. Scheduled testimony (remotely) Brian Kearns, Ericsson Andrew J. Sherman, Powdermet Inc, and subsidiary Terves LLC. Shaina Kasper, T1International, USA Anna Ball, Generation Patient David E. Boundy, US Inventor, Inc. Matt Moyers, founder of Peak Value IP Dennis Crouch, law professor Ramzi Khalil Maalouf 3:30 p.m. Closing remarks Suzanne Harrison, PPAC Chair Accessibility Clara Barton Auditorium South 600 Dulany Street Alexandria, VA 22314 United States Clara Barton Auditorium South 600 Dulany Street Alexandria, VA 22314 United States Clara Barton Auditorium SouthAmerica/New_Yorkpublic

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2762 282 9287

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2762 282 928

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+1-415-527-5035 US Toll

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The Patent Public Advisory Committee (PPAC) will hold a hybrid public hearing on the USPTO’s proposed setting or adjusting of patent fees pursuant to the USPTO’s fee setting authority under section 10 of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA).

The public was invited to provide oral testimony regarding the proposed patent fees at the hearing by submitting a written request by May 11. Written comments regarding the proposed patent fees are being accepted until May 25.

For more information, see the Federal Register notice about the hearing.

You can send questions about the agenda to ppac@uspto.gov.

PPAC public meeting video

Agenda

Time	Topic	Principal(s)
1:00-1:15p.m.	Welcoming remarks	Suzanne Harrison, PPAC Chair Kathi Vidal, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO Vaishali Udupa, Commissioner for Patents
1:00-1:15p.m.	Overview of fee adjustment proposals
1:15-1:50 p.m.	Overview of fee adjustment proposals	Jay Hoffman, USPTO Chief Financial Officer
1:50-2:45 p.m.	Scheduled testimony (in-person)	James Packard Love, Knowledge Ecology International Patricia Kelmar, U.S. PIRG (Public Interest Research Group) Laura Sheridan, Google LLC Josh Malone, inventor Courtenay Brinckerhoff (Foley & Lardner LPP), speaking on behalf of Intellectual Property Owners Association Ashraf Fawzy, Unified Patents, LLC Ann M. Mueting, The American Intellectual Property Law Association Robert Katz, The US National Section of FICPI Dirk Tomsin and Molly Metz, JumpNrope
2:45-3:30 p.m.	Scheduled testimony (remotely)	Brian Kearns, Ericsson Andrew J. Sherman, Powdermet Inc, and subsidiary Terves LLC. Shaina Kasper, T1International, USA Anna Ball, Generation Patient David E. Boundy, US Inventor, Inc. Matt Moyers, founder of Peak Value IP Dennis Crouch, law professor Ramzi Khalil Maalouf
3:30 p.m.	Closing remarks	Suzanne Harrison, PPAC Chair

Accessibility

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This event is part of a series: PPAC