Inventors and innovative companies welcomed the news that the new administration immediately appointed Coke Morgan Stewart as Acting Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Challenges lie ahead. But for first time since the Andrei Iancu years (or before that, the David Kappos years), innovators feel confident that the leader of “America’s Innovation Agency” grasps the importance of strong and reliable patent rights.
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