Dear President Biden,
We write to express our concerns with the Draft Interagency Guidance Framework for Considering the Exercise of March-In Rights (Docket No.: 230831-0207), published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on December 8, 2023.
The authors of this letter include former Secretaries of Commerce, former heads of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), and former heads of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST):