March 08, 2002
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Commerce Secretary Don Evans to Stress Importance of Patent Examiners Role in Innovation and Economic Growth
Commerce Secretary Don Evans to Stress Importance of Patent Examiners Role in Innovation and Economic Growth
As part of the Department of Commerce's Innovation Week,
Commerce Secretary Don Evans will welcome 75 of the nearly 700
new patent examiners being hired by the U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO) this year to help process more than
350,000 patent applications filed annually. The Secretary will
stress the strong emphasis President Bush has placed on
economic security and the importance of a patent examiner's
role in spurring the advances in technology that have accounted
for 50% of U.S. economic growth since Word War II.
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