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