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Patent office 'busily implementing' new law

USPTO Director David Kappos, joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin to discuss how the agency is implementing regulation for the America Invents Act.

Tags: David Kappos , USPTO , Federal Drive , Tom Temin , America Invents Act

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PTO ends one fast-track approval program, extends another

As it prepares to implement the changes enacted by a sweeping patent reform bill, the Patent and Trademark Office is ending one of the temporary fast-track programs it created to clear out its backlog of patent applications. Another is being extended.

Tags: USPTO , Terry Rae , workforce , green technology , Jared Serbu

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Patent reform will also overhaul Patent Office workforce

Robert Stoll, the commissioner for patents at PTO joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris to outline the new law and how it affects PTO.

Tags: USPTO , Commerce , robert stoll , workforce , hiring

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PTO: One million applications backlogged and climbing

Tags: mngt , technology , PTO , Mark Lemley , Stanford University , Program in Law, Science and Technology ,

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