America Invents Act

Cisco General Counsel Calls for IPR Improvements to Protect Patentholders

Innovation is the life blood of our company.  We invest more than $6 billion annually in research and development, and have over 14,000 issued US patents, reflecting the strength of that investment.  A strong, balanced US patent system is important to us to ensure that others don’t profit without ou…

February 8, 2012

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

Patent Fees Should Cover PTO Expenses

Last year’s America Invents Act made major changes to our patent system, largely designed to improve Patent Office operations, reduce the backlog of applications, and the quality of patents.  A properly functioning Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) is vital both to speedy review of patents applied f…