USPTO’s First National Strategy for Inclusive Innovation

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has just released it’s first-ever National Strategy for Inclusive Innovation in 2024, with support from the Council for Inclusive Innovation (CI2 ). The study includes a comprehensive review of the state of U.S. inclusiveness, highlights existing disparities, and explores opportunities to expand U.S. innovation in an equitable way. This strategy focuses primarily on innovation in STEM fields and the role of the patent system in the constitutional aim of incentivizing innovation and bringing that innovation to impact.

Click here for the full USPTO’s national strategy.