Initiatives & Events
- Patents for Humanity an awards competition for patent owners and licensees
- Leahy-Smith America Invents Act Implementation
- Streamlined Patent Reexamination Proceedings Roundtable
- Patent Examiner Technical Training Program
- Joint USPTO and PPAC Quality Task Force
- Patents Ombudsman Pilot Program
- New Patent Examiner Count System
- Pilot Program for Green Technologies Including Greenhouse Gas Reduction
- Project Exchange - Patent Application Backlog Reduction Stimulus Plan
- First-Action Interview Pilot Program
- Peer Review Pilot
- Accelerated Examination
- Biotechnology/Chemical/Pharmaceutical Customer Partnership Conferences
- Complex Work Unit Program
