Executive’s Desk: Patent crisis opens new path for inventors

A positive opportunity exists for both independent inventors and manufacturers in the present crisis ...

Kappos: Patent system's reinventor

He's overseeing the most sweeping changes in the patent process in six decades.

U-M calls new Detroit patent office 'great news' for Great Lakes

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office plans to open a satellite office in Detroit, its first such facility outside Washington, D.C. The agency announced Wednesday that the 31,000 square-foot space just east of downtown will open by July. It's expected to employ 100 people in its first year, including many patent examiners, according to a report in the Associated Press.

Las Vegas Pushed For New U.s. Patent Branch Office

People who deal with patent and trademark law are mounting the equivalent of a two-minute drill to push a Las Vegas entry for a new U.S. Patent & Trademark Office branch office. Late last year, Detroit was named the site of the first of three patent offices

Patent Office coming to Detroit

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office plans to open a satellite office in Detroit, its first such facility outside Washington, D.C.