USPTO leader New Year's resolution: improve patent quality

Improving the quality of patents issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will be a top priority there in 2015, the office’s acting director said.Michelle Lee, now the USPTO’s deputy director but nominated by President Barack Obama to serve as director, will soon launch a new patent quality initiative, she said Thursday. The initiative, with details coming soon, will work toward excellence in customer service and in measuring patent quality.Patent lawsuits can costs millions of doll