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Intellectual Property

Dec. 11, 2003

Rogan Ends Short Reign At the U.S. Patent Office

SAN FRANCISCO - James Rogan, director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, has announced that he intends to leave his post Jan 9. The former California Republican congressman has headed the agency since December 2001 and has been praised as well as criticized for introducing a radical five-year strategic plan that included the controversial proposal to outsource some of the agency's patent examining tasks.

By Xenia P. Kobylarz
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SAN FRANCISCO - James Rogan, director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, has announced that he intends to leave his post Jan 9.
        The former California Republican congressman has headed the agency sin...

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