"The America Invents Act is still new," Stewart said. "Settled expectations is just a level-setting."
"We reached terminal velocity early," Stewart said."
"a misunderstanding about the way government operates."
"As a matter of law, the Acting Director has all of the authority of the Director in the absence of one," Stewart noted."
Acting Director Coke Morgan Stewart returned to the USPTO in January after a decade away and immediately pursued aggressive operational reforms to address an unprecedented backlog and pandemic-related challenges. She characterized early efforts as reaching "terminal velocity" and said those steps were intended to align the Office with Trump administration expectations. She rejected criticism that her actions form an unlawful patent-maximalist agenda, calling such claims "a misunderstanding about the way government operates," and asserted that an Acting Director possesses all statutory authority of a Director. The Senate calendar indicates nominee John Squires may be confirmed soon amid procedural changes.
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