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PRESS RELEASENovember 29, 2018
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U.S. Patent and Trademark Office releases 2018-2022 Strategic Plan
Strategic Plan sets priorities to strengthen the USPTO, drive innovation, and support economic growth
WASHINGTON – The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) today published its 2018-2022 Strategic Plan.
The strategic plan sets out the USPTO’s mission-focused strategic
goals: to optimize patent quality and timeliness; to optimize trademark
quality and timeliness; and, to provide domestic and global leadership
to improve intellectual property policy, enforcement, and protection
worldwide.
“We
are confident in attaining the goals set out in this plan and look
forward to the continued engagement and feedback from our stakeholders
and employees,” said Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual
Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
Andrei Iancu. “Together we celebrate innovation and entrepreneurship—we
are very proud of the men and women who stand behind a well-balanced
American intellectual property system.”
In
conjunction with the development of the strategic plan, the USPTO is
committed to making execution of the strategic plan an express
responsibility of USPTO executives. This includes monitoring
implementation of the plan, as well as keeping employees, stakeholders,
and the public informed of progress. The USPTO website and the Data
Visualization Center are key components of this communications
commitment.
A
draft USPTO 2018-2022 Strategic Plan was posted on July 26, 2018, for
employee review and feedback followed by a town hall meeting on July 24,
2018. The draft plan was then posted on the USPTO website
on Aug. 22, 2018, and comments were solicited from stakeholders,
customers, and the general public. Review and comments were also sought
from the USPTO’s Patent and Trademark Public Advisory Committees, in
addition to the three union bargaining unit presidents. Also, the
proposed strategic plan was shared with the Department of Commerce, the
Office of Management and Budget, and Congress. | 
