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Working globally to address climate change through sustainable innovation

Blog by Kathi Vidal, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO

The USPTO hosted the leaders of the five largest intellectual property offices of the world, as well as the World Intellectual Property Organization, at their annual meeting, this year focused on sustainability. (Photo by Michael Cleveland/USPTO)

Recently, I had the privilege of hosting the leaders of the largest intellectual property (IP) offices in the world – the European Patent Office (EPO), the Japan Patent Office (JPO), the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO), and the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA), along with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), for the annual meeting of the IP5, which took place in Hawai’i. I then led the USPTO delegation to the 64^th Assemblies of the Member States of WIPO, an annual meeting with over 190 international IP offices from around the world in Geneva, Switzerland.

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