The Patent Office is opening four new satellite offices and will open one in Silicon Valley, declaring a “critical need for electrical engineers." As part of a decentralization, the agency is looking for more examiners to cut into the 640,000 applications still awaiting a first review, and SV's deep pool of talent makes it very attractive. San Jose is being bruited about as a location but no location has been chosen, although frankly, shouldn't it be in Mid-Market? A new Patent Office opens in Detroit opens this month, with Silicon Valley, Denver and Dallas chosen as new locations to get closer to the inventors. [Bloomberg/Image via Old Bike Museum]
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