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Category: Patent and Trademark Office

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05/06/2011 Blog Secretary Locke Highlights the Importance of IP at World Intellectual Property Day Celebration
12/30/2011 Blog 2011: A Great Year for American Inventors and Innovation
03/07/2012 Blog A Cross-Country Tour of American Ingenuity
03/01/2012 Blog Acting Deputy Secretary Rebecca Blank Swears In Nine New Patent Judges to Help Reduce Patent Backlogs
09/16/2011 Blog Acting Secretary Blank and USPTO Director Kappos Join President Obama at the America Invents Act Signing Ceremony
07/11/2012 Blog Acting Secretary Blank Begins 3-Day Innovation Tour with Stop in Silicon Valley to Discuss Newly Announced Patent and Trademark Office
09/08/2011 Blog Acting Secretary Blank Celebrates Patent Number 8,000,000, Calls for Congress to Act Swiftly to Pass Patent Reform
07/13/2012 Blog Acting Secretary Blank Cuts Ribbon to Open U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in Detroit, Michigan
09/19/2011 Blog Acting Secretary Blank Encourages Innovation in Green Energy Technologies
07/12/2012 Blog Acting Secretary Blank Travels to Denver to Highlight Innovation and Newly-Announced Patent and Trademark Office
09/08/2011 News Acting U.S. Secretary of Commerce Rebecca Blank Highlights Importance of U.S. Patent System to American Innovation at Signing Ceremony for Patent Number 8 Million
09/30/2011 Blog Building a 21st Century Patent and Trademark Office
02/17/2012 Blog BusinessUSA Launches Offering Businesses One Location to Find Key Federal Information and Data
06/14/2011 News Calera Video Transcript
10/12/2012 Blog Characters Featured at the USPTO’s Trademark Expo Visit the Children’s National Medical Center
10/02/2012 Blog Commerce Announces Partnership with Cornell NYC Tech to Help American Entrepreneurs Innovate, Grow, and Create Jobs
06/20/2013 Blog Commerce Bureaus Play Key Role in Intellectual Property Accomplishments and Future Priorities
01/05/2012 Blog Commerce Department Agencies Unveil New Website Home Pages
12/09/2009 News Commerce Department Announces New Open Government Initiatives
01/21/2011 Blog Commerce Department Highlights the Role of Intellectual Property in U.S. Innovation, Competitiveness
10/05/2010 News Commerce Department Seeks Comment on Protecting Copyrighted Works on the Internet
11/03/2010 Blog Commerce Department's USPTO to Kick Off Independent Inventors Conference
04/20/2010 Blog Commerce Issues Report on Role of Patent Reform in Supporting Innovation and Job Creation
05/07/2010 Page Commerce Leadership
10/02/2009 News Commerce Secretary Gary Locke Appoints Sharon Barner Deputy Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
02/17/2011 News Commerce Secretary Gary Locke Appoints Teresa Stanek Rea Deputy Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
01/13/2010 News Commerce Secretary Gary Locke Meets with Entertainment Industry Officials in Los Angeles to Discuss Global Intellectual Property Protection
08/30/2010 News Commerce Secretary Gary Locke Meets with Music Industry Representatives in Nashville to Discuss Piracy and Global Intellectual Property Protection
07/07/2009 News Commerce Secretary Gary Locke Takes Key Step to Address Patent and Trademark Office Challenges
02/03/2012 Blog Commerce Secretary John Bryson Visits Patent and Trademark Office Headquarters