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Category: Patent and Trademark Office

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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
04/26/2011 News Statement from U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke on World Intellectual Property Day
11/29/2011 Blog Stolen Intellectual Property Harms American Businesses Says Acting Deputy Secretary Blank
10/19/2011 Blog That ® Means More Than You May Think
09/02/2011 Blog The White House's National Science and Technology Council Recognizes NIST and USPTO for Open Innovation Efforts
09/18/2009 News Transcript-MSN.com's Business On Main, "Voices that Matter" Interview
03/10/2011 News U.S. Commerce Department Announces Launch of i6 Green Challenge to Promote Clean Energy Innovation and Economic Growth
05/04/2011 News U.S. Commerce Department Announces Members of New Innovation Advisory Board
10/02/2012 News U.S. Commerce Department Announces Partnership with Cornell NYC Tech to Help American Entrepreneurs Innovate, Grow, and Create Jobs
04/11/2012 News U.S. Commerce Department Releases New Report Showing Intellectual Property-Intensive Industries Contribute $5 Trillion, 40 Million Jobs to US Economy
07/02/2012 News U.S. Commerce Department to Open Four Regional U.S. Patent Offices That Will Speed Up the Patent Process and Help American Businesses Innovate, Grow, and Create Jobs
12/07/2009 News U.S. Commerce Department's Patent and Trademark Office to Accelerate Review of Green Technology Patents to Speed Deployment to Marketplace
12/17/2010 News U.S. Commerce Department’s Patent and Trademark Office to Open First Ever Satellite Office in Detroit
06/16/2009 News U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke Announces Administration's New Initiative to Aid American Businesses
05/31/2011 News U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke Outlines Administration Views on America Invents Act
04/11/2013 News U.S. Department of Commerce Announces Patents for Humanity Winners
04/12/2013 Blog U.S. Department of Commerce Announces Patents for Humanity Winners
04/20/2010 News U.S. Department of Commerce Issues Report on Role of Patent Reform in Supporting Innovation and Job Creation
07/31/2013 News U.S. Department of Commerce Produces Comprehensive Analysis Addressing Copyright Policy, Creativity and Innovation in the Digital Economy
08/14/2012 Blog U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Helps Atlanta Kickstart Innovation Opportunities
08/16/2011 Blog U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Issues its 8 Millionth Patent
07/13/2012 News U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Opens First-Ever Satellite Office in Detroit, Michigan
08/21/2012 Blog U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Promotes Innovation in Maine
01/23/2009 Blog U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to Hold Annual Trademark Expo
10/14/2009 Blog Under Secretary Kappos Awards 600,000th Design Patent
04/07/2011 Blog United States Department of Commerce Plan for Orderly Shutdown Due to Lapse of Congressional Appropriations
10/01/2013 Blog United States Department of Commerce Plan for Orderly Shutdown Due to Lapse of Congressional Appropriations
06/14/2011 Blog Using Green Technology to Turn Carbon Dioxide into Cement (and Jobs)
03/10/2010 Blog USPTO and UKIPO Announce Action Plan to Reduce Global Patent Backlogs
09/18/2009 Blog USPTO Annual Independent Inventors Conference Set for November 5-6