Patent Public Advisory Committee (PPAC)

• Members
• Meetings

Meeting Transcripts

• PPAC - November 20, 2014 Public Meeting [PDF]
• PPAC - August 14, 2014 Public Meeting [PDF]
• PPAC - May 22, 2014 Public Meeting [PDF]
• PPAC - February 12, 2014 Public Meeting [PDF]
• PPAC - November 2013 Public Meeting [PDF]
• PPAC - August 2013 Public Meeting [PDF]
• PPAC - May 2013 Public Meeting [PDF]
• PPAC - March 2013 Public Meeting [PDF]
• PPAC - December 2012 Public Meeting [PDF]
• PPAC - September 2012 Public Meeting [PDF]
• PPAC - June 2012 Public Meeting [PDF]
• PPAC - February 2012 Public Meeting [PDF]
• PPAC - December 2011 Public Meeting [PDF]
• PPAC - September 2011 Public Meeting [PDF]
• PPAC - July 2011 Public Meeting [PDF]
• PPAC - April 2011 Public Meeting [PDF]
• PPAC - December 2010 Public Meeting [PDF]
• PPAC - September 2010 Public Meeting [PDF]
• PPAC - April 2010 Public Meeting [PDF]
• PPAC - October 2009 Public Meeting [PDF]
• PPAC - June 2009 Public Meeting [PDF]
• PPAC - February 2009 Public Meeting [PDF]
• PPAC - November 2008 Public Meeting [PDF]
• PPAC - August 2008 Public Meeting [PDF]
• PPAC - February 2007 Public Meeting [PDF]
• PPAC - November 2006 Public Meeting [PDF]

Annual Reports

• Patents FY2014 [PDF]
• Patents FY2013 [PDF]
• Patents FY2012 [PDF]
• Patents FY2011 [PDF]
• Patents FY2010 [PDF]
• Patents FY2009 [PDF]
• Patents FY2008 [PDF]
• Patents FY2007 [PDF]

PPAC Fee Setting Hearing

• PPAC Fee Setting Hearing Logistics and Procedures (January 18, 2012)
• PPAC Fee Setting Hearing Notice (77 Fed. Reg. 4509, January 30, 2012)
• PPAC Questions for Fee Setting Hearings (February 7, 2012)
• USPTO Transmittal Letter to PPAC for Patent Fee Proposal (February 7, 2012)
  • USPTO Executive Summary: Patent Fee Proposal (February 7, 2012)
  • USPTO Detailed Appendices: Patent Fee Proposal (February 7, 2012)
  • USPTO Table of Patent Fee Changes (February 7, 2012)
  • USPTO Aggregate Revenue Calculations (February 7, 2012)
  • USPTO Aggregate Revenue Calculations (Excel version)
• USPTO Fee Setting Opinion (February 12, 2012)
• Public Hearing (February 15, 2012)
  • Agenda
  • Webcast
  • Transcript
  • Presentation
  • Testimony
    • Herbert Wamsley, Intellectual Property Owners Association
    • Peter G. Thurlow, New York Intellectual Property Law Association
• Public Hearing (February 23, 2012)
  • Agenda
  • Webcast
  • Transcript
  • Presentation
• Comments from the Public on Fee Setting
• PPAC Fee Setting Report (September 24, 2012)

Prepared Documents

• Patent Quality Taskforce: Preliminary report, Initial Public comments, and Roundtable preparation (March 2010) [PDF]

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