This article is adapted from Scott Graham’s May 28 Skilled in the Art IP briefing.

President Joe Biden this week nominated Winston & Strawn’s Silicon Valley managing partner, Kathi Vidal, to be USPTO director. To the extent there may be a confirmation controversy over how the director will manage the Patent Trial and Appeal Board and guide examiners on Section 101, Vidal seems like an ideal nominee to defuse it.

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