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July 29, 2002

USPTO Announces Sharper Focus on International and Legislative Relations

Washington - As part of its 21st Century Strategic Plan, the Department of Commerce's United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced today a restructuring of its legislative and international affairs operations. The restructured office will have three divisions dealing with…

March 30, 1999

PTO Opens Office to Address Needs of Independent Inventors

The Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) recently opened a new office aimed at meeting the special needs of independent inventors. "America's independent inventors are a valuable intellectual and economic resource," said Q. Todd Dickinson, acting commissioner of patents and trademarks. "It is…