Quality US patents drive our economy and solve world problems

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Quality US patents drive our economy and solve world problems

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

USPTO Director Kathi Vidal and Deputy Director Derrick Brent speak on July 18, 2024, at an agencywide town hall in the Clara Barton Auditorium at USPTO headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia. (Photo by Jay Premack/USPTO)

Patents—which help generate more than $8 trillion in economic activity each year in U.S. intellectual property-intensive industries—are critically important to incentivizing innovation and investment, growing America’s economy, and solving worldwide challenges such as climate change and pandemics. But patents only serve their intended purpose if they are robust and reliable.

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