Detroit, Michigan Announced as First Regional Patent Office
Commerce Secretary Gary Locke announced that the first Regional Patent Office would be located in Detroit, Michigan and will open at some point during 2011, employing some 100 patent examiners with...
View ArticlePTO Announces Riverfront Office Space for Detroit Satellite Office
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced on January 10, 2012 that it has concluded a five-year lease agreement through the U.S. General Services Administration's (GSA) Great...
View ArticleKappos 2.0: USPTO Funding, Board Hiring & Harmonization
In this installment we learn from Director Kappos that the USPTO budget is not a problem whatsoever. While the Office did not achieve a permanent end to fee diversion, Congress has appropriated $2.7...
View ArticleUSPTO Opens First Ever Satellite Office in Detroit
The Detroit USPTO will create approximately 120 highly-skilled jobs in its first year of operations alone. The IP experts in the office will work closely with entrepreneurs and help further reduce the...
View ArticlePTAB Chief Smith and Vice-Chief Moore, Part II
Chief Judge Smith: "The unique thing about the job particularly right now - and I think this is true for my job and the Vice Chief Judge job - is that while we have many, many administrative duties...
View ArticleUSPTO Partnership Aims to Spur Innovation and Generate Jobs
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the AutoHarvest Foundation today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to work together to...
View ArticleMichelle Lee announces major patent quality initiative at Brookings event
She then pivoted to address the other side of the issue, which relates to issuing patents that should never have been issued in the first place. Lee explained: “I’ve see the effect of patents that...
View ArticleAmerican auto industry has lost former dominance but retains some luster
When you think about the american auto industry it’s becoming clearer every day that the idea of American-made or Japanese-made is not black and white. Increasingly, the innovative technologies going...
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