. >> as i said with us keynote won a the issues we're focused them on a at the uspto you may say the you are not the first of the last to say quality is a private -- parody so why now? because number one all the discussion about litigation is even more important not to issue not because there is a cost both ways. number two for the first time we have been given the ability and i cannot tell you what a difference that makes it to do the job. we have the price of the patent application and if we're not getting access and then make do with less. so to go up and up so now weirded a position is said long-term initiative but getting that chiles right to issue opinions but i will stop there because i could go on of course, . [laughter] for the purposes of this audience those are the top priorities. >> that review process has added real value. i am curious to ask a question it is the innovative step the ptl has taken for what they add to the community. >> as many as you know, as the first director i was irresponsible for those satellite offices. we have for outside of the d.c. area denver, d

. >> as i said with us keynote won a the issues we're focused them on a at the uspto you may say the you are not the first of the last to say quality is a private -- parody so why now? because number one all the discussion about litigation is even more important not to issue not because there is a cost both ways. number two for the first time we have been given the ability and i cannot tell you what a difference that makes it to do the job. we have the price of the patent application and if we're not getting access and then make do with less. so to go up and up so now weirded a position is said long-term initiative but getting that chiles right to issue opinions but i will stop there because i could go on of course, . [laughter] for the purposes of this audience those are the top priorities. >> that review process has added real value. i am curious to ask a question it is the innovative step the ptl has taken for what they add to the community. >> as many as you know, as the first director i was irresponsible for those satellite offices. we have for outside of the d.c. area denver, d

>> we do see the trend beyond the of finding feet or the backlog what we're doing now the uspto has a lot of valuable information that is the early telltale sign of their investments are made and we are looking through the big data to make available publicly available information about filings so businesses can take that to make informed business decisions. where is this talent located? it has tremendous economic impact and of benefits for a country. >> but what has continued to the end of the backlog so once a week to bring to him the oldest patent applications they would dispose of them that day as a way to say however long it has spent it is unfair to hold up the innovation because of our bureaucracy that is why we are in favor of having more resources to get that process so to get that adjudicated and out the door. >> if you put more on the market that is okay. >> i am from g we have two versions the senate and house version i interested to hear from you which you believe that takes the most of the transaction and cost? you talk about that little girl coming up on stage to be as i

there's probably a need for an and the question is just getting the language right but what uspto ising to do in terms of trade secret, appropriation for, then we do a lot of work with i didn't people on the ground. we do a lot with the coordinator in making sure people are aware and have the resources. it's late after the trade secrets to walk out the door. that's not the kind become in to the government office. is beforehand. preventing it and so protecting can't and been working with us so we can make sure we have the appropriate remedies and laws and devise trade secrets. when i send china again this was another topic i raised, to treat trade secrets as a form of intellectual property just like patents, copyrights and trademarks. and people are beginning to get it. >> we have been actually advocating. and working in europe with european commission looking at harmonizing trade secrets. >> you mentioned moving first inventor to file, the system that now part of a number of changes which created out of the whole process. we beginning to see the implications, just now three or four y

let me start with the uspto which is an administrative agency within the executive branch charged with examining and issuing patents. our patent examiners have the important duty of examining patent applications and issuing patents when the legal requirements are met and rejecting applications when they are not. every one of our patent examiners understands that issuing patents accurately and a clear scope is more important now than every before so that -- than ever before so that inventors can better understand the scope of their invention and so that others, including competitors, can have the information they need to make better informed business decisions on how to invest their limited research and development dollars and when to take a patent license. this is why we launched our enhanced quality patent initiative at the end of last year, soliciting an unprecedented amount of input and feedback from the public on how the agency can enhance the quality of the patents that it issues. our patent trial appeal board also plays an essential role as a quality check on patents. in this cas