Published on: 01/05/2023 12:06 PM
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A look back at the highlights of December 2022
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Tanya Bryant, along with her two daughters and the help of USPTO educational resources and pro bono legal assistance, turned an idea brainstormed at the dinner table into a business with a patent and registered trademark. |
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Second act
In 2016, after three decades as a dedicated project manager guiding new initiatives from concept to execution, Tanya Bryant retired. Along with her work, she left behind a demanding routine of juggling multiple details on a daily basis. The transition to a slower pace wasn't easy for her, and it left a bit of a void.
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This year’s awards recognize innovators with a pending U.S. patent application or issued U.S. patent focused on inventions that track, prevent, diagnose, or treat COVID-19. |
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Recognizing life-saving COVID-19 innovations
It’s a privilege to announce the five winners of our Patents for Humanity: COVID-19 category competition. The awards recognize these innovators for their rapid response to the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic through the use of game-changing technologies. I want to commend these innovators for their ingenuity, dedication, and hard work to come up with creative solutions to this global challenge for the benefit of all.
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Top three helpful tips for filing patent applications as you move to DOCX format
As we announced last May, as part of the USPTO’s ongoing initiatives to use the most advanced technology and to issue and maintain robust and reliable patents, the USPTO is moving to DOCX. DOCX is key to the USPTO’s application readiness initiatives, which in the future will provide quick and reliable feedback to applicants to correct their applications before they hit the examiner’s desk so that examiners can spend more time working with applicants to identify subject matter for protection.
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Vaishali Udupa, an intellectual property attorney, engineer, and currently a top executive from Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), will join the United States Patent and Trademark Office as the new Commissioner for Patents effective January 17, 2023. |
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Vaishali Udupa to join USPTO as new Commissioner for Patents
Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property (IP) and Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Kathi Vidal announced today that Vaishali Udupa, an intellectual property attorney, engineer, and currently a top executive from Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), will join the 13,000-person Department of Commerce agency as the new Commissioner for Patents effective January 17, 2023.
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Remarks by USPTO Deputy Director Derrick Brent at the PTAB Boardside Chat
I have enjoyed a career that has spanned every branch of the federal government, private practice, corporate practice, nonprofit work, and academia. I have also practiced law in various disciplines, starting with intellectual property (IP) and adding in civil rights and constitutional law, to name a few. I’d like to talk about a few moments along my path that really stand out as career-defining moments.
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IP office heads pledge cooperation to promote innovation and combat counterfeiting and piracy
The heads of the intellectual property (IP) offices of the Group of Seven (G7) countries, along with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), met virtually to discuss international cooperation on IP. In a Joint Statement issued after their meeting, the leaders agreed to cooperate on raising awareness about the important role that IP plays in global efforts to address societal challenges—such as public health, climate change, and sustainable development—and pledged to cooperate on establishing shared approaches to fight counterfeiting and piracy.
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Find all upcoming and past events at https://www.uspto.gov/about-us/events.
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Be on the lookout for our two favorite Claus(e)s – Santa and Article 1, Section 8, Clause 8 of the U.S. Constitution. |
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 In the 1880s, Samuel Leeds Allen reinvented winter with the Flexible Flyer, a sled on red steel runners that riders could steer with their hands or feet.
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 From reducing paper waste to working with government and international partners to fast-tracking certain patent applications for inventions that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the USPTO is doing our part to tackle climate change.
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 Recently, USPTO Director Kathi Vidal spoke at the National Black Chamber of Commerce’s African Diaspora Business Forum and Reception in Washington, DC, highlighting the USPTO’s resources for U.S. inventors and entrepreneurs.
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 Looking to make a job change in 2023? Check out our jobs page to view openings, career information, and employee profiles.
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