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Dec. 19, 2011
Patent office director outlines plans to eliminate application backlog
The head of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office visited San Diego on Friday to assure innovative companies that the agency is doing everything it can to speed up the patent review process and implement patent reform.




Daily Journal Staff Writer
The head of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office visited San Diego on Friday to assure innovative companies - and their lawyers - that the agency is doing everything it can to speed up the patent review process and implement the patent reform bill signed into law in September.
The local trade group CONNECT, which represents high-tech and biotechnology companies, invited Director David Kappos to speak...
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