05/08/2018
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"patents are a key driver of investment and innovation."
"It is an issue that we are very aware of, we hear a lot from, from American companies."
"Two percent of all the claimed hours by an examiner that lacked a digital footprint were unsupported."
"Our fee-setting authority expires in 2018. And I cannot tell you, as head of this agency, how helpful it has been to be able to set the price of the services that we provide."