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- abbreviation United States Patent and Trademark Office
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- initialism
United States Patent andTrademark Office .
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Examples
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The USPTO is experimenting with New York University on building wikis to collect data, such as prior art, from various participants and sources in the patent application process.
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The propaganda trip came as Pinkos and the United States Patent Office hosted a two-day Conference on the Global Intellectual Property Marketplace, third in a series the USPTO is hosting across the US to, help educate American small businesses about the realities of piracy and counterfeiting.
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The USPTO is moving to an all-digital archive, and they're tossing old patents as they digitize them, creating a bonanza for dumpster divers.
Boing Boing: December 30, 2001 - January 5, 2002 Archives 2001
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Again, what a nice job the USPTO is doing in stimulating innovation.
Boing Boing: December 30, 2001 - January 5, 2002 Archives 2001
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Dear Honorable Sirs, Yet the Most Honorable & Eminent Justices may dictii a certain amount of Algorithms as “Generic” & therefore non-patentable & forthwith more may be added by the USPTO is beyond doubt & to a limit even time or period may be factored.
Supreme Court Preview: Bilski v. Doll | Heretical Ideas Magazine 2009
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Dear Honorable Sirs, Yet the Most Honorable & Eminent Justices may dictii a certain amount of Algorithms as “Generic” & therefore non-patentable & fothwith more may be added by the USPTO is beyond doubt & to a limit even time or period may be factored.
Supreme Court Preview: Bilski v. Doll | Heretical Ideas Magazine 2009
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The USPTO is a fully user fee-funded organization with an annual budget in excess of $1.9 billion and approximately 9,000 employees comprised largely of engineers, scientists, and attorneys.
USPTO Looking for Deputy Commissioner For Patent Examination Policy Peter Zura 2009
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I think the selection of David Kappos as the director of the USPTO is the clearest indication of the new administration's appreciation of IP issues . . .
Judge Michel on the Patent System Peter Zura 2009
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The USPTO is a fully user fee-funded organization with an annual budget in excess of $1.9 billion and approximately 9,000 employees comprised largely of engineers, scientists, and attorneys.
Archive 2009-08-01 Peter Zura 2009
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Yesterday, the PTO published a briefing paper that was provided to the USPTO examining corps via POPA on a proposal that would change the "count system" in the USPTO, which is universally blamed as being a large contributor to the current backlog.
"That's One Small Step . . ." Kappos Starts PTO Reform By Tweaking Examiner Productivity Metrics Peter Zura 2009
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