Blog by Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO Michelle K. Lee Through the Enhanced Patent Quality Initiative (EPQI) which we announced in February 2015, the USPTO has committed itself to patent quality improvements, in order to issue patents of the highest quality and clarity. I highlighted some of the progress we’ve already made in my blog this past November. I want to update you on our newest efforts to improve the measurement and reporting of patent quality metrics, as well as provide new information on our upcoming Patent Community Symposium, which is an opportunity for us to gather additional public feedback. I’m pleased to announce that the USPTO has just published a notice in the Federal Register outlining its new process to capture and measure data about patent quality, and we are eager for your input. In fiscal year 2016, we are terminating the use of the Composite Quality Score that we used to report quality…
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