USPTO Under Squires: A Look At The First Month

By Puya Partow-Navid and Brian Michaelis ( October 17, 2025, 10:59 PM EDT) -- The director's chair at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is never just an administrative seat — it's a policy lever. With John A. Squires' confirmation and swearing-in in late September, the USPTO gained a leader whose early actions are already rippling through patent-eligibility doctrine, Patent Trial and Appeal Board and day-to-day prosecution....

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