Strengthened the USPTO’s Patent and Trademark OperationsReduced patent pendency to below 15 months for a first Office action and below 24 months for final disposition, the lowest patent pendency since 2001.Reduced ex parte appeal pendency to 13 months, down from 30 months in 2015.Accomplished mandatory electronic filing for all trademark filings.Developed artificial intelligence and machine learning tools for patent and trademark application processing and examination. [read post]