The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) hosted its first National Council for Expanding American Innovation (NCEAI) Innovation Chat on Tuesday January 12 2021. The virtual event featured a discussion on the importance of a more diverse innovation ecosystem between Andrei Iancu Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO and Lisa Jorgenson the new Deputy Director General for Patents and Technology Sector World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).


The National Council for Expanding American Innovation (NCEAI) comprised of representatives from industry academia and government was established to help guide the USPTO in developing a comprehensive national strategy to build a more diverse and inclusive innovation ecosystem by encouraging participation demographically geographically and economically. 

