By Nick Robertson ( September 25, 2026, 23:05 GMT | Insight) -- A celebration backed by industry groups for US Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires has been organized by office staff at Squires’ direction, MLex understands, raising ethics concerns among current and former office leadership. “This is not something that is in any way, shape, or form appropriate,” one current senior USPTO employee told MLex.US Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires will celebrate his one-year anniversary at the office next week with a celebration backed by industry groups and supported by the National Inventors Hall of Fame (NIHF), MLex has learned....
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