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Welcome Remarks: Brian H. Batzli, President, AIPLA
USPTO Commissioner for Patents Vaishali Udupa kicks off the Annual Meeting with a Q & A session.
AIPLA Committee of the Year to be Announced at the Opening Plenary!
Speakers
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Batzli, Brian
Merchant & Gould | Partner & Chairman Emeritus
Brian Batzli is the current President of AIPLA and is an intellectual property attorney and partner at Merchant & Gould’s Minneapolis office. He is also now Chairman Emeritus, having led the firm as CEO, Managing Director and Chairman from 2011 to mid-2018. -
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Udupa, Vaishali
United States Patent and Trademark Office | Commissioner for Patents
Vaishali Udupa is the Commissioner for Patents of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). As Commissioner for Patents, Ms. Udupa manages and leads the Patents organization as its chief operating officer. She oversees the agency’s 10,000 Patents employees, including more than 9,000 patent examiners responsible for fostering the country’s innovation system by providing patent protections to inventors as stated in Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.