Hearing on ““Oversight of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office”

House Committee on the Judiciary · March 25, 2026

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Opening statement by Director Squires

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Director Squires opened the hearing outlining the USPTO 'America first' agenda: reducing an unacceptable backlog, deploying AI tools for trademark classification and prior-art search, and restoring perceived balance to IPR/PTAB processes. He noted purging '70,000 plus baseless filings' with AI and announced an AI trademark-classification tool that compresses months of work into seconds.

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Testimony from USPTO Director Squires before the House Judiciary Committee focused on a proposed rule limiting serial inter partes review filings, use of AI to cut patent and trademark backlogs, a questioned trademark filing for a 'Board of Peace' domain, and regional office changes; lawmakers pressed on transparency, employee morale, and potential conflicts of interest.

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