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President Obama Announces Intent to Nominate David Kappos as Patent and Trademark Director

Written by DKD Trade , Saturday, 20 June 2009

President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate David Kappos, an experienced patent professional with more than 20 years of experience, as the new Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the U.S Patent and Trademark Office.


“The United States Patent and Trademark Office faces significant challenges, and it needs an experienced leader like David at the helm,” U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke said. “He will be a strong voice for patent reform and I have tasked him to reduce dramatically the unacceptably long time the office takes to review patent applications.”
Over a 20-year career, Kappos has accrued deep knowledge of the patent system and broad respect from professionals across the field – including the biotech, life sciences and high tech sectors. He is currently vice president and assistant general counsel for intellectual property at IBM. Specifically, Kappos manages IBM’s patent and trademark portfolios – protecting and licensing intellectual property worldwide.

If he is confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Kappos will take control of an office that provides incentives to encourage technological advancement and helps businesses protect their investments, promote their goods and safeguard against deception in the marketplace. The office continues to deal with a patent application backlog of more than 770,000, long waiting periods for patent review, information technology systems that are regarded as outdated and an application process in need of reform.

More details here in USPTO

Information obtained from: Trademarknews.com


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