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Category: Patent and Trademark Office

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01/06/2011 News Remarks at Consumer Electronics Show, Las Vegas, Nevada
01/21/2011 Blog Commerce Department Highlights the Role of Intellectual Property in U.S. Innovation, Competitiveness
01/25/2011 Blog Laying a Foundation to Double Our Exports, Increase Competitiveness
01/25/2011 News Opinion Editorial-The Hill-"Laying a Foundation to Double Our Exports, Increase Competitiveness"
01/31/2011 News Remarks at "Startup America" Initiative Event, The White House
02/03/2011 Blog USPTO to Issue Proposal for Accelerated Patent Examination as part of Three-Track Program
02/17/2011 News Commerce Secretary Gary Locke Appoints Teresa Stanek Rea Deputy Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
02/18/2011 Blog Secretary Locke Appoints New Deputy Director at the USPTO
02/23/2011 News Remarks at the 2011 Columbus Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting, Columbus, Ohio
03/01/2011 Blog Secretary Locke, USPTO Director Kappos Highlight Support for Patent Reform Legislation
03/02/2011 News Opinion Editorial-The Hill-"Delivering Innovation and Jobs Through Patent Reform"
03/07/2011 Blog Secretary Locke Addresses Asia-Pacific Patent Cooperation Forum
03/07/2011 News Remarks at Asia Pacific Patent Cooperation Forum, Alexandria, Virginia
03/08/2011 News Statement by U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke on Passage of the America Invents Act
03/10/2011 News U.S. Commerce Department Announces Launch of i6 Green Challenge to Promote Clean Energy Innovation and Economic Growth
04/06/2011 Blog Safeguarding 21st Century Innovation
04/07/2011 Blog United States Department of Commerce Plan for Orderly Shutdown Due to Lapse of Congressional Appropriations
04/26/2011 News Statement from U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke on World Intellectual Property Day
05/04/2011 News U.S. Commerce Department Announces Members of New Innovation Advisory Board
05/05/2011 News Remarks at World Intellectual Propery Day Event
05/06/2011 Blog Secretary Locke Highlights the Importance of IP at World Intellectual Property Day Celebration
05/20/2011 Blog Commerce's Patent and Trademark Office Announces Government-Wide Intellectual Property Training Database
05/26/2011 Blog Commerce’s Commitment to Eliminating Regulatory Burdens in Support of Growth, Competitiveness and National Security
05/31/2011 News U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke Outlines Administration Views on America Invents Act
05/31/2011 Blog Secretary Locke Outlines Administration’s Views on Patent Reform
06/02/2011 News Remarks at Partnership for Public Service
06/14/2011 Blog Using Green Technology to Turn Carbon Dioxide into Cement (and Jobs)
06/14/2011 News Calera Video Transcript
06/23/2011 News Statement from U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke on the Passage of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act by the U.S. House of Representatives
06/24/2011 Blog Slideshow of Secretary Locke's Thank You Tour