Inventors’ Group Praises PTO Process for Restoring Patent System Reputation
The Patent and Trademark Office inter partes review process improved patent quality and restored “public confidence in the patent system, which had eroded due to bad quality patents that were harming innovation,” said High Tech Inventors Alliance General Counsel John…
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Thorne Wednesday. PTO Director Andrei Iancu testified before Congress that day (see 1804180073). The group warned against legislative proposals potentially “stripping the vitality of Section 101” of patent law and “creating high levels of uncertainty” in the patent granting process. The Supreme Court decisions discussed Wednesday “have benefited innovation” by striking down abstract patents, the group said.