Conferences and roundtables

The Office of the Chief Economist (OCE) hosts and co-hosts conferences at the USPTO or at partner institutions to explore legal and policy developments in IP and their economic implications.

EPIP (European Policy for Intellectual Property) PhD Workshop

2017 – current

OCE sponsors the European Policy for Intellectual Property (EPIP) PhD workshop. At this event, PhD students will be introduced to the latest theory and data on the law and economics of IP, receive career advice and obtain feedback on their work.

Past conferences

Annual Conference on Innovation Economics

2012 – 2021

The annual conference on Innovation Economics explores the connections between IP, innovation, and entrepreneurship through empirical and theoretical economic and legal analysis. More information, including conference papers, is available below.

Past conferences

Roundtable on Empirical Methods in Intellectual Property

2013 – 2019

The annual Roundtable on Empirical Methods in Intellectual Property conference. The roundtable provides a unique forum for economists to interact with empirically-oriented legal scholars and allows presenters an opportunity to receive valuable feedback on early stage empirical work in IP. More information, including details on speakers and conference papers can be found below.

Past conferences

Roundtable on Empirical Methods in Intellectual Property, co-organized with the Northwestern Law School and Cardozo Law School, Alexandria, Virginia April 12-13, 2019
Roundtable on Empirical Methods in Intellectual Property, co-organized with the Northwestern Law School and Cardozo Law School, Chicago, IL, May 4-5, 2018
Roundtable on Empirical Methods in Intellectual Property, co-organized with the Northwestern Law School and Cardozo Law School, New York, New York, May 18-19, 2017
Roundtable on Empirical Methods in Intellectual Property, co-organized with the Northwestern Law School and Cardozo Law School, Alexandria, Virginia April 29-30, 2016
Roundtable on Empirical Methods in Intellectual Property, co-organized with the Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago-Kent College of Law, Chicago, Illinois, September 19-20, 2014
Roundtable on Empirical Methods in Intellectual Property, co-organized with the Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago-Kent College of Law, Chicago, Illinois, October 11-12, 2013

Other past conferences

(2010-2017)

USPTO Cancer Moonshot Challenge

August 25, 2016
Director's Blog: USPTO Launches Cancer Moonshot Challenge
Data: Cancer Moonshot Patent Data
Event page: Cancer Moonshot Challenge - Info Session

The USPTO enlisted the public’s help to leverage our intellectual property data, often an early indicator of meaningful research and development, and combine it with other economic and funding data. Participants in the challenge had the opportunity to leverage USPTO Cancer Moonshot patent data to reveal new insights into investments around cancer therapy research and treatments.

2017 IP Statistics for Decision Makers Conference

Mexico City, Mexico
November 14-15, 2017
Co-organized with the the Canadian Intellectual Property Office, Mexican Institute of Industrial Property, and Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
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What is the Academy’s Role in Evidence-based Policy Making for Intellectual Property?

June 16, 2015
Event web site: Hoover Institution’s Symposium

Third Annual Research Roundtable on Innovation Economics: Patent and Technology Standard Data Sets

Chicago, Illinois
April 9-10, 2015
Co-organized with the Northwestern University Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth
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2015 Works in Progress Intellectual Property Colloquium

Alexandria, VA
February 6-7, 2015
Co-organized with the George Washington University Law School
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Workshop on Using Trademark Data for Empirical Research

Alexandria, Virginia
September 26-27, 2013
Co-organized with New York University School of Law Engelberg Center on Innovation Law and Policy, in cooperation with the ETH Zurich Center for Law & Economics, the Oxford Intellectual Property Research Centre, and the University of East Anglia
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Workshop on Empirical Studies of Trademark Data

Oxford, UK
December 7-8, 2012
Co-organized with New York University School of Law Engelberg Center on Innovation Law and Policy, in cooperation with the ETH Zurich Center for Law & Economics, the Oxford Intellectual Property Research Centre, and the University of East Anglia
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Fifth Annual Conference on Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Evanston, Illinois
June 14-15, 2012
Co-organized with the Northwestern University Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
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USPTO Conference on Patents, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship

Alexandria, Virginia
May 3-4, 2012
Co-organized with the London School of Economics
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Conference on Standards, Patents, and Innovation

Tucson, Arizona
January 20-21, 2012
Co-organized with the National Bureau of Economic Research, Boston University, and the University of Toronto
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Patent Statistics for Decision Makers Conference

Alexandria, Virginia
November 16-17, 2011
Co-organized with the Organization for Economic Cooperation Development, the European Patent Office, Eurostat, the Japan Patent Office, the National Science Foundation, and the World Intellectual Property Organization
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Intellectual Property and Entrepreneurship in Medical Devices, Tools, and Processes

Stanford, California
April 13, 2011
Co-organized with Stanford University
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Meeting of the Patent Office Economists Network

Alexandria, Virginia
March 10-11, 2011

Intellectual Property and the Innovation Economy: The USPTO Economics Research Agenda

Alexandria, Virginia
December 9, 2010
Co-organized with the University of Maryland Robert H. Smith School of Business.

Launching the USPTO Economic Research Agenda

Berkeley, California
September 10, 2010
Co-organized with the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology
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