Public comments on #USPTO proposed #patent initiatives are due 2/1, including on prior art not currently available to examiners (such as "on sale" and "public use" art), examiner training, and whether examination fees should be increased.

Here are the comments I submitted with Jonathan Masur: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4339956

Here's our longer working paper on which many of these comments are based: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4339879

Looking forward to reading the other comments & seeing what the USPTO does!