Patent System Planning Committee

Proposals for undertaking fundamental structural changes to or other significant improvements in operation and the effectiveness of the U.S. patent system to provide a world-leading patent system that protects and supports innovation, including: (1)  long range planning for improving the administration of the patent system; (2)  study of mechanisms for improving specifications, drawings and claims in patents and for establishing more uniform interpretation by the USPTO and the courts of the requirements for patentability; (3)   extension of the patent system to additional forms of intellectual property; (4)  study of changes and innovations in the patent laws of other countries and determination of their applicability to the United States; and (5)  study of the costs to procure and enforce patents relative to other jurisdictions, and recommend changes to strengthen and increase accessibility to the patent system through lower costs.