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USPTO sends layoff notices after Trump administration threatened shutdown RIFs

USPTO sends layoff notices after Trump administration threatened shutdown RIFs

On the first day of a government shutdown, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced that it will close one of its regional offices and lay off employees. USPTO announced Wednesday that it will permanently close the Rocky Mountain Regional Outreach Office in Denver, Colorado. In an email obtained by Federal News Network, John Squires, USPTO director and the under …

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