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New Orleans, LA — The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) hosted the annual meeting...
Remarks by Director Andrei Iancu at the IPBC Global Conference in San Francisco, California, on June 11, 2018.
Alexandria, VA– The U.S. Department of Commerce’s United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO...