Webinar Offering Conversation with USPTO Commissioner and Deputy Commissioners

LexisNexis and IPWatchdog and will be offering a webinar entitled "A Conversation with the Commissioner: A Look Inside Patent Processes at the USPTO" on July 15, 2021 at 12:00 pm (ET).  Gene Quinn of IPWatchdog, Inc. and Megan McLoughlin of LexisNexis IP will discuss the processes and policies driving the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office with Robin Evans, Deputy Commissioner of Patents, USPTO; Drew Hirshfeld, Commissioner of Patents, USPTO; and Robert Bahr, Deputy Commissioner of Patents, USPTO.  The panel will discuss the following:

• Hot Issues on the Commissioner's Desk:
-- New rules to streamline the OED patent bar examination process
-- Making sense of the Alice-Mayo line of cases from the Federal Circuit
-- This year, Commissioner Hirshfeld is sitting in the place of the Director as we await nomination and confirmation of a new Director from President Biden

• Information Technology at the USPTO:
-- How is the Office using Artificial Intelligence (AI)
-- What are the plans for future use of AI
-- Plus, a deep dive into .docx

• Quality Assurance:
-- The latest information on rejection statistics
-- Discussion of 112 best practices from the Office's perspective

• Patent Examination Policy:
-- It is critical for patent practitioners to know and understand the direction being given to patent examiners

There is no registration fee for this webinar.  However, those interested in registering for the webinar, should do so here.

Comments

[Atari Man]

Drew Hirshfeld is now the commissioner? I must have missed that appointment and the approval from the Senate. I thought he hadn't even been named "acting commissioner", but was given a title like "acting as commissioner".

[Kevin E Noonan]

No, Atari, he is and has been Commissioner. He is acting as Director after Director Iancu resigned and before a new Director is nominated and confirmed.