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Revision as of 17:29, 25 November 2015
, 17:29, 25 November 2015→Regional Offices
The USPTO currently holds four regional offices in addition to its headquarters in Alexandria, VA. In 2010, the office piloted its first regional office in Detroit, MI through the Nationwide Workforce Program.[http://www.uspto.gov/about-us/news-updates/uspto-open-first-ever-satellite-office-detroit] The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act provided for the USPTO to "establish 3 or more satellite offices in the United States to carry out the responsibilities of the Office."[http://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/aia_implementation/bills-112hr1249eh.pdf] Subsequently, the USPTO decided to expand to all time zones through offices in Denver, CO, Silicon Valley, CA, and Dallas, TX.[http://www.uspto.gov/about-us/news-updates/us-commerce-department-open-four-regional-us-patent-offices-will-speed-patent]
Regional offices were created with the purpose to[http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCODE-2013-title35/html/USCODE-2013-title35-partI-chap1-sec1.htm]:
*(1) increase outreach activities to better connect patent filers and innovators with the Office;
*(2) enhance patent examiner retention;
*(3) improve recruitment of patent examiners;
*(4) decrease the number of patent applications waiting for examination; and
*(5) improve the quality of patent examination.
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