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Intellectual Property

Mar. 11, 2015

Senate unanimously confirms Lee as patent office director

Longtime Silicon Valley lawyer Michelle K. Lee can finally remove all qualifiers from her director title at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.


By Kevin Lee


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Longtime Silicon Valley lawyer Michelle K. Lee can finally remove all qualifiers from her director title at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.


The U.S. Senate unanimously confirmed Lee as director of the powerful intellectual property agency late Monday afternoon without debate. Lee had been serving as deputy director and acting director of the patent office while the official director role remained u...

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