Sentences with phrase «pto director»

Now, as PTO Director, he has the opportunity to create a positive and important change to reduce patent litigation abuse and return billions of dollars to productive use, particularly for small businesses and entrepreneurs.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Coalition for Patent Fairness thanks Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker, NEC Director Gene Sperling, Acting PTO Director Michelle Lee, and U.S. CTO Todd Park for the executive actions taken today and for their strong public remarks calling for Senate passage of patent litigation reform legislation.

«Only Congress can stop patent trolls from continuing to abuse the patent litigation system to extort undeserved settlements from businesses of all sizes,» Tanielian said, «but confirming a PTO director of Michelle Lee's background and experience is an important and necessary step in strengthening our nation's patent system.»

Not exact matches

Some officers one - star Generals promoted in Army and Navy are Brigadier General MS Ahmed, PGSO to Minister of Defence, Brigadier General Unokhua, Defence Intelligence Agency, Brigadier General KO Aligbe, Principal Staff Officer to Chief of Army Staff,, Brigadier General PTO Aro of Defence headquarters, Brigadier General A Fejokwu of Military Secretary Office, Brigadier General B Ipinyomi, Director, Army Archives and Brigadier General Rabe Abubakar, Director of defence Information.

For several years, Collins and former National Institutes of Health director Harold Varmus have tried to persuade PTO leaders they should not grant patents on simple gene discoveries.

By which I mean a British guy asking Kappos open - ended questions about his 10 - month tenure as director, and Kappos doing a fair amount of patting himself on the back for making the PTO a super-terrific more efficient patent processing machine.

In late 1999, the Commission required Can - Am to appoint a single provincial trading officer («PTO») to review its enrollment directors for compliance with securities laws.

Recommendation: The Secretary of Commerce should direct the Director of PTO to consider examining trends in patent infringement litigation, including the types of patents and issues in dispute, and to consider linking this information to internal data on patent examination to improve the quality of issued patents and the patent examination process.

«We applaud President Obama's nomination of David J. Kappos to serve as Undersecretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO).