The USPTO will open its first satellite office this summer in Detroit. Outside of Washington, this should be a good thing. Hopefully increase the talent pool for examiners since the USPTO can pull from a larger geographic area. However, really going virtual would be better. Not sure physical offices are that important in today’s world. I bet there are a lot of people out there that could be very good examiners if they could work from home in a part time capacity. Could really have examiners stay in a niche they know very well.

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