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Rasheed will serve as the chief litigator for the USPTO and carry out the strategic direction of the Director through advocacy and defense of USPTO actions in the U.S. judicial system.
The new memorandum of understanding between the USPTO and the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) provides a framework for collaboration between the two offices on policies relating to standard essential patents (SEPs).
As Regional Director, Banks will carry out the strategic direction of the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO and ensure the USPTO’s initiatives and programs are tailored to the region's unique ecosystem of industries and stakeholders.
The Strategy aims to grow the economy, create quality jobs, and address global challenges by increasing participation in STEM, inventorship, and innovation among youth and those from historically underrepresented and underresourced communities.
The time is now to put women’s entrepreneurship into overdrive, to increase the number of women-led businesses, bolster jobs, and spread economic prosperity.”
- Kathi Vidal, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO