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Category: Under Secretary For Intellectual Property and USPTO Director David J. Kappos

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03/01/2011 Blog Secretary Locke, USPTO Director Kappos Highlight Support for Patent Reform Legislation
03/02/2011 News Opinion Editorial-The Hill-"Delivering Innovation and Jobs Through Patent Reform"
03/07/2011 Blog Secretary Locke Addresses Asia-Pacific Patent Cooperation Forum
03/07/2011 News Remarks at Asia Pacific Patent Cooperation Forum, Alexandria, Virginia
05/05/2011 News Remarks at World Intellectual Propery Day Event
05/06/2011 Blog Secretary Locke Highlights the Importance of IP at World Intellectual Property Day Celebration
05/20/2011 Blog Commerce's Patent and Trademark Office Announces Government-Wide Intellectual Property Training Database
06/23/2011 News Statement from U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke on the Passage of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act by the U.S. House of Representatives
06/24/2011 Blog Slideshow of Secretary Locke's Thank You Tour
06/29/2011 Blog USPTO Director Kappos Talks Jobs, Innovation and Patent Reform with Kojo Nnamdi
08/09/2011 Blog USPTO Director David Kappos Talks Innovation with Business Leaders in Florida’s Space Coast
08/16/2011 Blog U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Issues its 8 Millionth Patent
09/08/2011 News Remarks at Patent No. 8 Million Ceremonial Presentation
09/08/2011 News Acting U.S. Secretary of Commerce Rebecca Blank Highlights Importance of U.S. Patent System to American Innovation at Signing Ceremony for Patent Number 8 Million
09/08/2011 Blog Acting Secretary Blank Celebrates Patent Number 8,000,000, Calls for Congress to Act Swiftly to Pass Patent Reform
09/08/2011 News Statement from Acting U.S. Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank Following Final Senate Passage of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act
09/16/2011 Blog Acting Secretary Blank and USPTO Director Kappos Join President Obama at the America Invents Act Signing Ceremony
09/19/2011 Blog Acting Secretary Blank Encourages Innovation in Green Energy Technologies
09/30/2011 Blog Building a 21st Century Patent and Trademark Office
10/25/2011 Blog Honoring Invention: the World’s Only Inexhaustible Resource
12/30/2011 Blog 2011: A Great Year for American Inventors and Innovation
03/07/2012 Blog A Cross-Country Tour of American Ingenuity
04/09/2012 Blog USPTO Under Secretary Kappos Concludes 'European Road Show' on U.S. Patent Reform Laws
04/11/2012 News U.S. Commerce Department Releases New Report Showing Intellectual Property-Intensive Industries Contribute $5 Trillion, 40 Million Jobs to US Economy
05/03/2012 Blog Commerce's USPTO Honors Inventors Hall of Fame Inductees
05/29/2012 Blog Enhancing Global Commerce Through The America Invents Act
06/07/2012 Blog USPTO: Leading the Way on International Patent Harmonization
07/02/2012 News U.S. Commerce Department to Open Four Regional U.S. Patent Offices That Will Speed Up the Patent Process and Help American Businesses Innovate, Grow, and Create Jobs
07/12/2012 News Remarks at Innovation Panel at University of Colorado-Denver Medical Campus, Denver, Colorado
07/13/2012 News U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Opens First-Ever Satellite Office in Detroit, Michigan