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Captain America of the patent world-Andrei Iancu

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2021-03-19 16:59

Captain America in the patent world-AnDrei Iancu

 

With the new president of the United States-Joe.Biden(Joe Biden)In office, the U.S. federal government also ushered in a new wave of weather. But in the United States Patent and Trademark Office(U.S. Patent and Trademark OffiWhat)However, a young and promising director has been relieved of the heavy burden of more than three years at this time,ANdrei IancuInUSPTOOver the past three years at the helm, many changes have been made to patent policy. We can say that under his leadership, the United States has written a new page in the pursuit and protection of innovative technologies.

 

IancuThe most impressive policy is to "make the patent application process transparent and strengthen the stability and predictability of the patent application process". Through the reform of the system, many lawyers believe that inIancuSince taking office, it has been the most friendly stage for the US federal government to patent applicants. PreviousUSPTOThe most criticized is the complexity of the patent application process and the inconsistency with the federal court decision, both of which can cause great instability to the patentee.IancuIt is emphasized that the intellectual property rights protected by American patent rights not only require protection, but also require patent validity, and all this should start from the basic patent application procedure.

 

USPTOA number of guidelines have been proposed for patent applications, also to protect patentees. Even the U.S. federal courts do not have a detailed definition of the "abstract concept of non-patent application" for patents,Iancuthen proceed to reviseUSPTOversion of the guidelines for patent applications, on the linkage between administrative and judicial units,IancuNot to the credit. InIancuAbout to leave2021At the beginning of the year, he still called out that the United States Congress should provide more laws that are sufficient to serve as standards for patent examination, rather than personal achievements,IancuPaying more attention to the integrity of the patent system has the demeanor of a leader.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board(Patent Trial and Appeal Board)Reforms, too.IancuA great achievement. From2012Since its inception,PATBFor the patentee's attitude is extremely unfriendly, dubbed "the patentee's punishment squad 」,IancuCommitted to makingPTABThe way of judgment in handling patent trials is as consistent as possible with the way in which the federal court handles intellectual property cases, so that patentees can predict and amend the scope of their patent claims through jurisprudence. So inIancuunder the effort,PTABThe proportion of rejected patent applications has been greatly reduced, which saves a lot of time and money.

 

"We are committed to creating a new and innovative environment that can simultaneously protect the wise inventors, the exciting inventions and the infinite benefits that can be brought to this society. 」Iancuas it is said. Although we don't knowIancuWhether his successor can follow the rules and continue to maintain this trend, it is certain that,IancuThe reforms in recent years have indeed brought a new flavor to the U.S. patent community.

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