Comments and Testimony

USPTO Council for Inclusive Innovation, CI2, Council Member Remarks

• Gina M. Raimondo , U.S. Secretary of Commerce
• Dr. Sethuraman Panchanathan , Director, National Science Foundation
• Wayne A. I. Frederick , President, Howard University
• Dr. Timothy Sands , President, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• Dr. Wendy Wintersteen , President, Iowa State University
• Mary T. Barra , Chairman and CEO, General Motors Company
• Dr. Giovanni Caforio , Chairman of the Board and CEO, Bristol Myers Squibb
• Safra A. Catz , CEO, Oracle Corporation
• Scott Frank , President and CEO, AT&T Intellectual Property, LLC
• Jennifer Taubert , Worldwide Chairman, Pharmaceuticals, Johnson & Johnson
• Dr. Kathryn Guarini, Ph.D. , Chief Operating Officer and Vice President for IBM Research, IBM
• Cristiano R. Amon , President & CEO, Qualcomm Incorporated
• Dave A. Ricks , Chairman and CEO, Eli Lilly and Company
• Michael Roman , Chairman and CEO, 3M Company
• Warren Tuttle , President of the Board of Directors, United Inventors Association
• Brennon Marcano , CEO, The National GEM Consortium
• Dr. Sudip Parikh , Ph.D, CEO and Executive Publisher, American Association for the Advancement of Science
• Dr. Karl W. Reid , Ed. D., Co-Founder, 50K Coalition, and Executive Director, National Society of Black Engineers
• Dr. Stephen J. Susalka , CEO, AUTM
• Dr. Javier Diez, Ph.D. , CEO, SubUAS, LLC and Co-founder and CTO at XTT

Lab-to-Market (L2M) Equity RFI

Comments in Response to 87 FR 33786 “Request for Information to Make Access to the Innovation Ecosystem More Inclusive and Equitable,” FR Doc. 2022-11844 2022 Equitable Innovation Ecosystem Report

OMB Equity RFI

Comments in Response to 86 FR 24029 "Methods and Leading Practices for Advancing Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through Government," Docket No. OMB-2021-0005

Congressional Testimony

Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property:  Improving Access and Inclusivity in the Patent System: Unleashing America’s Economic Engine (April 21, 2021) 

• GeorgiaGrace Edwards, Co-Founder, SheFly
• Mallun Yen, Founder And Partner, Operator Collective
• Angela Grayson, Founder And Principal Member, Precipice IP PLLC, American Intellectual Property Law Association
• Lateef Mtima, Professor Of Law, Howard University School of Law

Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property: Trailblazers and Lost Einsteins: Women Inventors and the Future of American Innovation (April 3, 2019)

• Patricia E. Bath, M.D.., President, American Institute for the Prevention of Blindness
• Barbara Gault, Ph.D., Executive Vice President, Institute for Women’s Policy Research
• Sandra K. Nowak, Assistant Chief Intellectual Property Counsel, 3M Innovative Properties Company
• Robin L. Rasor, M.S., CLP, Executive Director, Office of Licensing and Venture, Duke University

House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet: Lost Einsteins: Lack of Diversity in Patent Inventorship and the Impact on America’s Innovation Economy (March 27, 2019)

• Susie Armstrong, Senior Vice President, Engineering, Qualcomm, Inc.
• Lisa D. Cook, Associate Professor of Economics and International Relations, and Director, American Economic Association Summer Training Program, Michigan State University
• Ayanna Howard, Professor and Chair, School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology
• Michelle K. Lee, Former Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

House Committee on Small Business: Enhancing Patent Diversity for America’s Innovators (January 15, 2019)

• Janeya Griffin, Managing Member and Principal Consultant, The Commercializer, LLC
• Andrea Ippolito, Program Director of Women Entrepreneurs Cornell, Cornell University
• Rashawn Ray, David M. Rubenstein Fellow, The Brookings Institution
• Rick C. Wade, Vice President, Strategic Alliances and Outreach, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

USPTO Public Hearings on the SUCCESS Act

• USPTO Public Hearing on the Study of Underrepresented Classes Chasing Engineering and Science (“SUCCESS”) Act (May 8, 2019)
• USPTO Public Hearing on the Study of Underrepresented Classes Chasing Engineering and Science (“SUCCESS”) Act (June 3, 2019)
• UPSTO Public Hearing on the Study of Underrepresented Classes Chasing Engineering and Science (“SUCCESS”) Act (June 18, 2019)

SUCCESS Act Written Comments

Comments from organizations

• American Bar Association Section of Intellectual Property Law (ABA-IPL) Public Comment (June 28, 2019)
• American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) Public Comment (June 28, 2019)
• Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), Association of American Universities (AAU), Association of Public and Land‐grant Universities (APLU), AUTM, and Council on Governmental Relations (COGR) Public Comment (June 28, 2019)
• Facebook Public Comment (June 3, 2019)
• The Henry Ford Public Comment (June 18, 2019)
• IBM Corporation Public Comment (June 19, 2019)
• Innovation Alliance Public Comment (June 30, 2019)
• New England Intellectual Property, LLC Public Comment (June 24, 2019)
• US Inventor, Inc. Public Comment
• UW-Milwaukee Research Foundation, Versiti Blood Research Institute, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF), and WiSys Technology Foundation Public Comment (June 30, 2019)
• Washington University in St. Louis Public Comment (June 27, 2019)

Comments from individuals

• Susie Armstrong, Senior Vice President, Engineering, Qualcomm, Hearing Testimony (June 30, 2019)
• Alex Bell, Researcher Public Comment
• Hattie Carwell, President, Coalition of Hispanic, African and Native Americans for the Next Generation of Engineers and Scientists (CHANGES), Hearing Testimony (June 3, 2019)
• Deja S. Castro, Founder, RDC Systems LLC, Public Comment
• Colleen Chien, Professor, Santa Clara University School of Law, Hearing Testimony (June 30, 2019)
• David W. Clark, P.E., Adaptive Concepts LLC, Public Comment (May 11, 2019)
• Stephanie Couch, Executive Director, Lemelson-MIT Program, Hearing Testimony (June 1, 2019)
• Braxton K. Davis, Executive Director, National Council on Patent Practicum, Public Comment (June 30, 2019)
• Holly Fechner, Partner, Covington & Burling LLP, Hearing Testimony (June 18, 2019)
• Dianne Feinstein, U.S. Senator, Public Comment (June 30, 2019)
• Robin Feldman, Director of the Center for Innovation, University of California Hastings Law, Hearing Testimony (June 3, 2019)
• J. Chris Ford, Ph.D., Public Comment (June 30, 2019)
• Rachel Fox, Business Owner Public Comment (May 30, 2019)
• Eric Goldman, Prof., Santa Clara University School of Law, Jess Miers, 2L, Santa Clara University School of Law, and 20 additional signatories, Public Comment (June 30, 2019)
• Liji Gopalakrishnan, Director of the Memory Architecture Research Group, Rambus Labs, Public Comment
• Alexandra Fuchs, Lora Elkins-Naismith, and Saurabh Vishnubhakat, Texas A&M University Public Comment (June 28, 2019)
• Jeff Hardin, Inventor and Business Owner, and Patricia Duran, Inventor and Entrepreneur, Public Comment (June 30, 2019)
• Chauntel Jackson, Public Comment (May 30, 2019)
• Rowland J. Martin, J.D., Public Comment
• Paul Morinville, Inventor, Public Comment
• Alberto Ratmiroff, Inventor, Public Comment (June 22, 2019)
• Jayde Stewart, Director, National Academy of Inventors, Public Comment (June 26, 2019)
• Kimberly Wesley, Chief Nursing Officer/Founder, Valley Nurses Association-Inc., Public Comment

Public Comments on the National Strategy to Expand American Innovation

• Comment from Holly Fechner, Executive Director, Invent Together
• Comment from Laurie Self, Senior Vice President & Counsel, Qualcomm
• Comment from Joseph Re, President, American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)
• Comment from Daniel Staudt, President, Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO)
• Comment from Stephanie Couch, Executive Director, Lemelson-MIT Program
• Comment from Erik Iverson, CEO, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF)
• Comment from Jennifer Gottwald, Director of Licensing, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) and Co-founder, AUTM Women Inventors Committee
• Comment from Jane Muir, Member and Former President, AUTM
• Comment from Steve Susalka, CEO, AUTM
• Comment from Brenda Wilkerson, CEO, AnitaB.org
• Comment from Jessica Sebeok, Deputy Vice President for Federal Relations & Counsel for Policy, Association of American Universities (AAU)
• Comment from Phil Weilerstein, President and CEO, VentureWell
• Comment from Lemelson Foundation
• Comment from Cordell Hardy, Vice President of Corporate R&D Operations, & Sandra Nowak, Assistant Chief IP Counsel, 3M
• Comment from Marco Gatti, Corporate Counsel – Intellectual Property, Cummins Inc.
• Comment from Stacey Gifford, Manager – Future of Climate, IBM
• Comment from Steve Ackerman, Professor and Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Public Comment on Patent Bar Diversity and Inclusion

• Comments in Response to 87 FR 63044 “Expanding Admission Criteria for Registration To Practice in Patent Cases Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office,” FR Doc. 2022-22569

Public Comment on Unleashing American Innovators Act Implementation

• Comments in Response to 88 FR 38847 “Request for Comments on Southeast Regional Office and Community Outreach Office Locations,” FR Doc. 2023-12824
• Comments in Response to 88 FR 22012 “Study of the Patent Pro Bono Programs,” FR Doc. 2023-07699

Public Comment on Accelerating Commercialization

• Comments in Response to 89 FR 18907 “Unlocking the Full Potential of Intellectual Property by Translating More Innovation to the Marketplace,” FR Doc. 2024-05504