The US Patent and Trademark Office is requesting public input on planning and designing new satellite offices as part of an effort to increase outreach to women, minorities, and other groups underrepresented in the patent system.
The office is also seeking comments on potential locations for such a regional office in the southeastern US, according to a federal register notice set to publish on Tuesday.
The PTO is establishing the offices in accordance with language in the year-end omnibus spending law (Public Law 117-328) drawn from the Senate-passed Unleashing American Innovators Act (S. 2773 in the 117th ...
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