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PTAB Bar Association warns of USPTO ‘harm’ in letters to Congress, White House

By Nick Robertson ( March 12, 2025, 18:41 GMT | Insight) -- The Bar Association for the Patent Trial and Appeal Board warned in a pair of letters to Congress and the Secretary of Commerce that recent workforce changes at the US Patent and Trademark Office – including a hiring freeze, mandatory return-to-office and threats of firings – could cause “potential harm” to the office.Trump administration efforts to increase “efficiency” in the federal workforce are at risk of harming the US Patent and Trademark Office and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, the PTAB Bar Association warned Congress and the White House in a pair of letters....

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