USPTO to open Denver satellite office
The first of three new “satellite offices” of the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will open officially at the end of this month, the organisation said.
The office, in Denver, will open officially on June 30.
Located in the Byron G. Rogers Federal Building in Denver’s central business district, the office will provide several USPTO services and will also begin hiring patent trial judges and examiners.
The office will eventually house patent examiners and judges on the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Michelle Lee, deputy director at the USPTO, said the office will be an “indispensable resource” for regional inventors, entrepreneurs and businesses.
“The office reflects the agency’s mission to promote and foster American innovation in the global marketplace while placing agency resources and personnel directly to the doorsteps of regional communities,” Lee added.
In 2012, the first permanent satellite office was opened in Detroit and the USPTO plans to create two further offices in Dallas and San Jose.
Staff working from temporary offices in California and Texas will move into the permanent locations next year.
