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Intellectual Property

Jun. 4, 2002

PTO Will Dismiss Up to 135 Lawyers

SAN FRANCISCO - A record drop in trademark application filings is forcing the Patent and Trademark Office to lay off more than a third of its 383 trademark application examiners.

By Xenia P. Kobylarz
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SAN FRANCISCO - A record drop in trademark application filings is forcing the Patent and Trademark Office to lay off more than a third of its 383 trademark application examiners.
        News of the lay-off became public Friday.
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