The United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO")'s Patent Quality Chat webinar series continues on Tuesday, September 8th, from noon - 1 p.m. EDT. The topic, Improving Global Patent Prosecution, will be hosted by Deputy Commissioner for International Patent Cooperation Mark Powell and Director of International Programs Maria Holtmann. Mr. Powell and Ms. Holtmann will be discussing how to improve global patent prosecution and highlighting a new program the USPTO is exploring with other intellectual property offices - a global preliminary search. They welcome feedback on this potential program and stakeholders' ideas on the subject. This chat will be the fourth in a series of webinars on various aspects of patent quality related to the Enhanced Patent Quality Initiative. Earlier this month, the USPTO held its third Patent Quality Chat webinar. August's topic was Measuring Patent Quality, hosted by Director of the Office of Patent Quality…
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