Posts Tagged: FOIA
Trusting Your Secrets to the Government
According to Merriam-Webster, the “Word of the Year for 2019 is “they” when used in the singular, typically to avoid ascribing a gender to the person being referred …
Rethinking Article III Standing in IPR Appeals at the Federal Circuit
In 2011, as part of the American Invents Act (“AIA”), Congress significantly restructured the way in which previously issued patents could be challenged. In some cases, existing post-issuance …
Structural Bias at the PTAB: No Dissent Desired
This FOIA response confirms that dissents and concurring opinions are not desired by PTAB supervisors. In fact, Administrative Patent Judges (APJs) of the Patent Trial and Appeal …
An Exclusive Interview with USPTO Director Andrei Iancu
Director Iancu is knowingly and intentionally seeking to provide hope in the words he speaks because he believes a strong patent system is necessary for the U.…
USPTO Ignores FOIA Requests on PTAB and PTAB Judges
It is difficult to understand why the USPTO will not respond to simple, direct FOIA requests. If they do not want to produce there are procedures for …
Cognitive Dissonance: How the PTAB Reported Appeal Statistics Ruins the Data for Everyone
The PTO reports a case as affirmed if all claims are rejected for at least one issue on appeal and reversed if all claims are reversed for …
FOIA Request made of USPTO seeking information on rules of judicial conduct for PTAB judges
On Thursday, May 11, 2017, I submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request (see bottom) to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). My FOIA request seeks …
FOIA Request sent to USPTO seeking information on Regulatory Reform Task Force
Confused by USPTO stonewalling, I sent a FOIA request to the Office. Is it possible that the USPTO is not going to name a Regulatory Reform Officer? …
Patent Office finally confirms Michelle Lee is Director of the USPTO
By letter dated March 10, 2017, the USPTO responded to Mr. Shuster's FOIA request by informing him that "Michelle K. Lee is the Director of the United States Patent …
Citing ‘unusual circumstances’ PTO delays responding to FOIA request on status of Michelle Lee
According to these regulations cited by the USPTO, an extension is warranted in "unusual circumstances" where there is a "need for consultation... with another Federal agency having …
What is Michelle Lee Hiding?
Michelle Lee talks about transparency, but the PTO is hiding behind redacted pages and claims of privilege to deny a legitimate FOIA request from Kyle Bass. “I …
