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Recent USPTO changes risk handing U.S. technological leadership over to China. The Inter Partes Review process defends against low-quality foreign patents—gutting it empowers foreign hedge funds and bad actors who shake down American businesses. 💰

The USPTO is regularly rejecting IPR petitions from U.S. companies due to "resource constraints"—yet it’s greenlighting 5 challenges from Chinese firm Zhuhai CosMX. So, no time to help U.S. firms fight invalid patents, but plenty to mediate disputes between Chinese companies?👎

Since early 2025, the USPTO—under the guise of “efficiency”—has gutted accountability measures like Inter Partes Review, leaving U.S. companies vulnerable to abusive litigation, often by foreign-backed patent trolls. This threatens U.S. national security and innovation. 🌎

Chinese entities like Huawei and ZTE—known national security threats—hold massive U.S. patent portfolios. They have weaponized our own legal system against American companies. Recent USPTO changes empower these bad actors, putting the U.S. economy and innovation at risk.

The USPTO has gutted the IPR process—letting a single political appointee block cases based on vague, subjective criteria. This benefits mostly foreign patent holders at the expense of U.S. businesses and consumers. “Workload” is no excuse for weakening our entire patent system.

China orchestrated a flood of low-quality U.S. patent filings, driven by subsidies & mandates—not innovation. Chinese enterprises were ordered to double U.S. holdings by 2025, making Chinese entities major players in our system—at the expense of American businesses.

The USPTO has gone rogue—slashing examiner resources, gutting training, and fast-tracking patent approvals. The result?🌊A flood of low-quality patents, many issued to foreign entities. U.S. innovation is under siege. It’s time to reverse course and restore balance.✅

Third-party litigation funding is a growing threat to the U.S. economy. In Q1, hedge funds deepened ties to patent trolls—while USPTO weakened PTAB. The result? Costly legal battles that drain resources and stall innovation for American businesses.

Congress created the America Invents Act and the Inter Partes Review process to give innovators a fair, efficient way to challenge bad patents. But recent changes at the USPTO are making that process harder—not easier—undermining the very goals Congress set out to achieve.

The rise in total defendants across all patent plaintiffs—driven largely by patent trolls—is a warning sign. Recent USPTO actions are emboldening patent trolls at the expense of American innovators. Congress and USPTO must act. Read more from @RPXpatent: bit.ly/3EBal2N.

📢Huawei, a Chinese company deemed a national security threat, was the 5th largest recipient of U.S. patents last year. These patents are weaponized against American businesses, stealing billions from the U.S. economy. We need a USPTO that protects American innovators, not China.

We congratulate John Squires on advancing through the Judiciary Committee as @uspto Director. We remain dedicated to advocating for a patent system with high-quality patents and fair PTAB access that drives American innovation and competitiveness. More: hightechinventors.com/post/htia-stat….

The rise in total defendants across all patent plaintiffs—driven largely by patent trolls—is a warning sign. Recent USPTO actions are emboldening patent trolls at the expense of American innovators. Congress and USPTO must act. Read more from @RPXpatent: bit.ly/3EBal2N.

We agree @RepZoeLofgren: USPTO changes “significantly curtail access to inter partes review, a key tool Congress established to improve patent quality and protect against abusive litigation practices.” Withdraw these actions to protect U.S. businesses: aboutblaw.com/biit.

We look forward to working with John Squires to strengthen the patent system, improve patent quality, and protect U.S. businesses from bad-faith foreign actors. We encourage the USPTO to strengthen the PTAB that helps safeguard U.S. innovators.

The USPTO Director plays a pivotal role in shaping the future of American innovation & the patent system. Recent actions by USPTO threaten to overwhelm the system with low quality patents. We urge John Squires to reverse these policies and support U.S. innovators.

China is exploiting the U.S. patent system, undermining our economy and hurting U.S. businesses. We look forward to working with @uspto Director, John Squires to protect tools like the PTAB that advance American global competitiveness.

The USPTO faces real challenges—budget cuts and a weakened IPR process are putting pressure on examiners and threatening patent quality. We need a strong, fair system innovators can count on, and we're eager to work with John Squires to make that happen. hightechinventors.com/post/htia-stat….

We hope John Squires' leadership will revitalize the USPTO. We look forward to supporting his efforts to empower true innovators and strengthen a patent system that fuels research, innovation, and American jobs. Read our full statement here: hightechinventors.com/post/htia-stat….

A strong patent system starts with high quality patents. We look forward to working with John Squires to strengthen tools like the PTAB, which safeguard American businesses from abusive patent litigation and support real innovation.