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Darrell Issa Leads House Judiciary Committee Hearing On The 'USPTO Fee Setting Authority'

Published September 2, 2026 | Video Starts at 1:42:17

Professor Rossman, fee setting authority. We talked a lot about micro and small entities. Currently the PTO considers you are a micro entity. Even if you've done 35 patents, You're a small entity even if you've done 35 patents in fee setting. Should the PTO consider the question of whether a professional patent applicant at some point, particularly when they may in the past, or even going to assign their patents. (1:42:17–1:42:21)

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“In 2011, Congress passed the American Invents act on a broadly bipartisan, bicameral basis to modernize our patent system.”
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“The US Patent and Trademark Office fee setting authority might in fact be in question.”
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“In the Americans Invent act, we gave the United States Patent and Trademark Office limited and temporary authority to set fees.”
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“The amounts collected by the Patent and Trademark Office were used extensively there and could not be taken even to other parts of the…”
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“The PTO's recent changes to how it handles PTAB proceedings are particularly and particularly discretionary denials, which I'm sure we'll…”
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“Ex parte reexaminations are also being reduced, thus eliminating the ability to ever question a patent unless you're willing to spend as…”
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“Fewer PTAB proceedings means abusive patent trolls bring more district litigation actions.”
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“This committee on a bipartisan basis has been trying to increase the number of Article 3 judges because we are already short federal judges.”
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“The 77 [patent applications] proposed in the bipartisan legislation could in fact have to be double or triple that if we're going to deal…”
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“We intended to have the US Patent and Trademark Office fee setting authority fully affect its total cost reimbursement for implementing the…”
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“Failure to do so begs the question of beyond December. Can we in fact continue with fee setting authority or should this committee in the…”
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“That is the way it was when President George W. Bush proposed his fee changes in 2001 or 2002, in which this committee fully rejected that…”
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“If we cannot find a way to ensure that the America Invents Act is fully implemented as part of any reauthorization of fee setting.”
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“Under 314A, the discretionary denials, you've seen the denials that have gone on over the last many months, including broad denials of first…”
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“Are you saying that the dozens in a row that Samsung and Intel saw denied have been gone to the courts or are you saying they haven't yet…”
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“It'll be years before the Article 3 courts take down some parts of patents that were with the same evidence that was not considered by the…”
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“Isn't it true that no one has had anywhere close to this many den denials particularly first time denials in the history since the act was…”
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“Isn't there money left on the table inappropriately? Unless we make sure that these heavy discounts are consistent with effectively the…”
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“The proliferation of AI favors a micro entity that might, might in fact abuse these incredibly small filing fees.”
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“PTAB is originated by the accused defendant and Article three is by the patent holder plaintiff.”
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“Congress intended PTAB is an alternative to but not to the exclusion of the idea that you'd be in both courts at once.”
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“PTAB was working under Kathy Vidal and other previous undersecretaries.”
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“We have over 200 questions of the PTO that Mr. Squires agreed to answer, none of which have been answered.”
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