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Category: Patent and Trademark Office

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08/19/2011 Blog Rural America: Wellspring of Innovation
04/06/2011 Blog Safeguarding 21st Century Innovation
12/04/2009 Blog Secretaries Locke and Chu to Announce Initiatives to Accelerate Green Technology Innovation
07/17/2009 News Secretary Gary Locke Applauds 'Swift, Bipartisan' Congressional Action on U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Budget Fix
03/07/2011 Blog Secretary Locke Addresses Asia-Pacific Patent Cooperation Forum
07/01/2010 Blog Secretary Locke Addresses Symposium on Copyright Policy in the Internet Economy
02/18/2011 Blog Secretary Locke Appoints New Deputy Director at the USPTO
10/02/2009 Blog Secretary Locke Appoints Sharon Barner Deputy Director of USPTO
12/15/2009 News Secretary Locke Commends European Union and Member State Ratification of WIPO Internet Intellectual Property Treaties
08/13/2009 Blog Secretary Locke Conducts Swearing In Ceremony for USPTO Director David Kappos
01/06/2011 Blog Secretary Locke Delivers Remarks at CES to Highlight Administration’s Efforts to Promote Innovation, U.S. Exports
06/16/2010 Blog Secretary Locke Discusses Clean Energy Technologies at Energy Efficiency Forum
09/17/2009 News Secretary Locke Joins President Obama in Announcing the 2008 National Medal of Technology and Innovation Laureates
10/15/2010 Blog Secretary Locke Joins President Obama in Announcing the 2009 National Medal of Technology and Innovation Laureates
10/20/2010 Blog Secretary Locke Keynotes AdvaMed 2010 Conference
08/30/2010 Blog Secretary Locke Meets with Music Industry Representatives in Nashville to Discuss Piracy and Global Intellectual Property Protection
05/31/2011 Blog Secretary Locke Outlines Administration’s Views on Patent Reform
08/07/2009 Blog Secretary Locke Statement on Confirmation of David Kappos as Patent and Trade Director
12/10/2009 News Secretary Locke to Travel to Copenhagen to Discuss Administration's Commitment to Spur Clean Energy Technology, Reinvigorate the Economy
10/07/2010 Blog Secretary Locke visits USPTO, thanks employees for their work supporting innovation and the economy
03/01/2011 Blog Secretary Locke, USPTO Director Kappos Highlight Support for Patent Reform Legislation
09/05/2013 Blog Secretary Pritzker Tells Employees in the Northwest their Efforts are Key to American Innovation
06/24/2011 Blog Slideshow of Secretary Locke's Thank You Tour
02/11/2013 Blog Spotlight on Commerce: James Smith, Chief Administrative Patent Judge
03/27/2012 Blog Spotlight on Commerce: Deborah Cohn, Commissioner for Trademarks
06/28/2013 Blog Spotlight on Commerce: Frederick Steckler, Chief Administrative Officer, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
03/22/2012 Blog Spotlight on Commerce: Teresa Rea, Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property (USPTO)
05/28/2013 Blog Spotlight on Commerce: Vikrum Aiyer, Special Adviser, USPTO
03/08/2011 News Statement by U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke on Passage of the America Invents Act
09/08/2011 News Statement from Acting U.S. Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank Following Final Senate Passage of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act