June 17, 1995
PAT 95-23

PTO to open site-to-site videoconferencing facility

PTO to open site-to-site videoconferencing facility

  
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
  
  PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE MEDIA ADVISORY
  
    On Tuesday June 27,  1995, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the Sunnyvale
  Center for Innovation, Invention and Ideas in Sunnyvale, CA, will celebrate the 
  opening of a site-to-site videoconferencing facility with a live demonstration.  
  
    As part of the ongoing effort of the PTO to reach out to its customers, the PTO
  will begin opening videoconferencing facilities throughout the country. The first
  videoconference between an examiner and a patent application will take place on 
  Tuesday, June 27, 1995 to be followed in the evening with a live demonstration.   
  Bradford R. Huther, Associate Commissioner and Chief Financial Officer, will be
  hosting the videoconferencing demonstration at PTO headquarters.  Members of the 
  European and Japanese Patent Offices will also be joining Associate Commissioner 
  Huther at the PTO. Philip G. Hampton, Assistant Commissioner for Trademarks, will 
  host the demonstration in Sunnyvale and will  be joined by numerous public 
  officials from the Sunnyvale area. Deputy Secretary of Commerce David Barram is  
  scheduled to make an appearance.
  
    The demonstration will begin at 8:30 PM and  last  about 1 hour.  The address is 
  2121 Crystal Drive, Crystal Park 2, Suite 0100.   Please call Andrew Hirsch at the 
  Patent and Trademark Office, Office of Public Affairs  (703) 305-8341 if you plan to
  attend.
  
  
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