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Apr. 20, 2020

The USPTO responds to coronavirus: all digital, all the time

The social distancing regimen triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted – and outside the home mostly suspended – in-person human interaction. Those who are able to do so work at home. Email, telephone, videoconferencing, online streaming and electronic filing replace meetings and conferences.

Dennis Loomis

The social distancing regimen triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted — and outside the home mostly suspended — in-person human interaction. Those who are able to do so work at home. Email, telephone, videoconferencing, online streaming and electronic filing replace meetings and conferences.

None of this is new, of course. Digital interaction has been gradually replacing face-to-face contact for decades. But the current cri...

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