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PTAB review chief Krause confirms departure, will finish out week at USPTO

By Nick Robertson ( February 24, 2025, 18:49 GMT | Insight) -- Longtime USPTO solicitor Thomas Krause told MLex today that he has accepted the so-called “fork in the road” deferred resignation offer floated by the Department of Government Efficiency and will leave the USPTO after 23 years on Friday. Krause, the office’s director review executive, is one of the most experienced litigators in the office’s history.One of the US Patent and Trademark Office’s most experienced litigators announced announced today that he is leaving the office this week after accepting the so-called “fork in the road” deferred-resignation deal offered by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)....

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