Doug Patton's work in patent development, invention, and innovation has garnished well over a hundred patents in over 20 market categories. Secretary of Commerce Gutierrez and Congressman and Chief Judiciary Jim Sensenbrenner nominated Doug to join an elite committee at the USPTO to research, analyze, and improve the U.S. patent system to make it more responsive to all business, educational, and small inventor needs. This organization, the Patent Public Advisory Committee (PPAC), has nine members representing the most prominent patent attorneys, litigators and innovators headed by the director of the USPTO, and Patton Design was key in this evolving this group.