Patent Office Orders Teleworking Examiners Back to the Office
Some teleworking patent examiners at the US Patent and Trademark Office have less than a week to return to agency offices in ...
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Commissioner for Patents Takes ‘Fork in the Road’ and Resigns from USPTO
Commissioner for Patents Vaishali Udupa has resigned from the United States Patent and Trademark Office effective immediately ...
Patent Agency Says Tribunal Judges Must Get Back to the Office
The US Patent and Trademark Office told a group of specialized patent judges on Tuesday afternoon they could be expected to ...
Trump and Musk are moving to smother these three pieces of the government
Donald Trump ran his presidential campaign promising to abolish entire federal agencies and departments, but it’s not quite ...
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How the US Patent Office Could Change Under Trump
As the federal agency tasked with managing our intellectual property system, the U.S. Patents and Trademark Office (USPTO) has enormous power and responsibility. So what changes to the USPTO can ...
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Potential Effects of the Trump Administration’s First Actions on the USPTO
Two of President Donald Trump’s first actions – an order for federal workers to return to the office and a hiring freeze – stand to affect ...
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What Do the Return to Office and Hiring Freeze Orders Mean for Examiners and SPEs?
Further to reports that PTAB judges will soon be required to return to the office, the lingering question for many is what effect the order—as well as the current, indefinite hiring freeze—will have ...