U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director David Kappos will step...
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director David Kappos will step down at the end of January, an agency spokesman confirmed Monday. Kappos informed agency employees of the move on Monday morning via email, the spokesman said. Kappos told employees they…
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had made “great progress” under his leadership “in reducing the patent backlog, increasing operational efficiency, and exerting leadership in IP policy domestically and internationally.” Commerce Department Acting Secretary Rebecca Blank said Kappos’s tenure, which started early in President Barack Obama’s term, “helped improve the IP system both here and abroad.” Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Pat Leahy, D-Vt., also praised Kappos for being “instrumental” in developing and enacting Leahy’s America Invents Act, and for the agency under his leadership implementing “key provisions” of the law. Leahy said he’s “sad” Kappos is leaving.