The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on Wednesday announced a new working group dedicated to broadening the Office’s efforts to mitigate common threats to the U.S. patent system. The group has been dubbed the Patent Fraud Detection and Mitigation Working Group and it “represents the agency’s continued commitment to limit improper activity in patent applications and reexamination proceedings at USPTO and reduce patent application pendency,” according to today’s press release.
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