Letters, Testimony & Comments

BIO commends the INPI for their efforts to devise guidelines for examining biotechnology related inventions. Given the technological...
February 1 2013
  The House Judiciary Committee conducted a hearing on World IP Day on "International Patent Issues: Promoting...
April 25 2012
Selected Excerpts: The vast majority of BIO’s members are small and medium sized enterprises that currently do not have products...
March 7 2012
BIO has identified the following countries of interest and recommends the following for our 2011 Special 301 submission. Priority...
February 14 2012
By Electronic Submission Ip.policy@uspto.gov Office of Policy and External Affairs United States Patent and Trademark Office...
November 10 2011
Re: Request for Comments on the Strategy for American Innovation Subject: Innovation Strategy RFI Email: competitiveness@doc.gov Dear...
April 1 2011
I'm writing on  behalf of the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) in response to your invitation for public comments on...
June 22 2007
Perhaps no other industry is as dependent upon patents as is the biotech industry.  In 2004 alone, more than 10% of the PTO's...
October 6 2006
Dear House Leadership: On behalf of the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO), I urge you to seek prompt passage of H.R. 1561, the...
October 24 2003
Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO on Patent Harmonization
May 6 2002
Acting Undersecretary of Commerce and Acting Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office Regarding Patent Law Harmonization
May 4 2001

Letters, Testimony & Comments

February 22 2013
BIO commends the government of Colombia for taking steps towards developing regulatory requirements for the registry of medicines of...
February 1 2013
BIO commends the INPI for their efforts to devise guidelines for examining biotechnology related inventions. Given the technological...
April 25 2012
  The House Judiciary Committee conducted a hearing on World IP Day on "International Patent Issues: Promoting...
March 7 2012
Selected Excerpts: The vast majority of BIO’s members are small and medium sized enterprises that currently do not have products...
February 14 2012
BIO has identified the following countries of interest and recommends the following for our 2011 Special 301 submission. Priority...

Press Releases

April 5 2011
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Tuesday, April 05, 2011) - The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) hosted a U.S./China...
March 15 2010
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Monday, March 15, 2010) - David Kappos, Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and Under...