SUMMARY: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office) is hosting a roundtable event to solicit public opinions regarding the use of crowdsourcing and third-party preissuance submissions to identify relevant prior art and enhance the quality of examination as well as the quality of issued patents. Members of the public are invited to participate. The roundtable will provide a forum for an informal discussion of the topics identified in this notice. Written comments in response to these topics also are requested.
DATES: Event: The roundtable event will be held on April 10, 2014,beginning at 12:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), and ending at 5:00p.m. EDT.
Registration: Registration to attend the roundtable in person or via webcast is required by April 4, 2014. Additionally, members of the public who wish to participate in the roundtable as a speaker must do so by request in writing no later than March 27, 2014. See the ``Event Registration Information'' section of this notice for additional details on how to register.
For more information visit http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2014-03-19/html/2014-05996.htm