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Fri, Jan 29th 2021 2:30pm
Josh Landau
As the Iancu era at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office comes to a close, one of the USPTO s initiatives has focused on promoting diversity in patenting. The newly established National Council on Expanding American Innovation, and the associated USPTO request for comments on a national strategy for expanding innovation, focus on having under-represented groups more involved in creating patentable inventions.
That s a laudable goal. But we shouldn t be aiming just to have more under-represented groups receive patents. More patents doesn t necessarily mean more innovation, it just means more patents. Instead, we need to ensure that those groups are both provided the support to innovate and that their innovation is recognized.