The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office said it...
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office said it would permanently locate its Silicon Valley satellite office in San Jose’s City Hall building (http://1.usa.gov/185Wxr7). The announcement came months after PTO’s search for permanent office space went on hold due to sequestration…
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(CD July 18 p12). Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif who restarted the office search by including it in the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 (S-1329) in July, said the next step was for Congress to “free up funds to continue operating this office. These funds -- which are actually fees from patent filings -- should not be held hostage by the sequester.” Feinstein and a trio of California-based House Democrats praised the bill, in a joint statement Tuesday. Rep. Mike Honda, D-Calif., said he and other members of the House Appropriations Committee would be “redoubling our efforts to end the budget sequestration that threatens the USPTO and all fee-based agencies once and for all.” Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., said the PTO satellite office “will help thousands of innovators and entrepreneurs in our region take full advantage of our nation’s intellectual property system.” Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., said the satellite office “will help our most promising start-ups with the services and resources they need to go from the drawing board to the marketplace faster, and in the process, grow their ventures and create good paying jobs."