tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851300.post7259713827754433161..comments2023-11-05T06:06:12.057-06:00Comments on The 271 Patent Blog: *** USPTO Announces First Satellite Office In Detroit ***Two-Seventy-One Patent Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02481083706071978817noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851300.post-41222729126418926662010-12-29T13:53:24.692-06:002010-12-29T13:53:24.692-06:00If one of the primary complaints about the USPTO&#...If one of the primary complaints about the USPTO's ability to recruit into the DC metro area is the high cost of living, then why on Earth would you place a satellite office in California, much less Southern California?<br /><br />Most cost of living calculators approach a 2:1 ratio between Los Angeles and Detroit and 1.1:1 ratio between Los Angeles and Washington DC. The difference in value between a GS-5 or -7 in Detroit and one in SoCal makes up for quite a bit of sunshine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851300.post-64210600031290918872010-12-20T16:18:38.834-06:002010-12-20T16:18:38.834-06:00While I understand at least some of the reasons fo...While I understand at least some of the reasons for the choice of locale, I had hoped that the USPTO would open its first satellite <a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/2010/05/10/how-to-file-a-patent/" rel="nofollow">patent law</a> office in a location that I might actually want to visit or live -- Southern California, for instance. However, hopefully the USPTO's selection of Detroit will help improve that city's economy, in addition to increasing efficiency at the USPTO and taking a bite out of its infamous backlog.patent litigationhttp://www.GeneralPatent.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851300.post-73369271126972728892010-12-17T03:33:48.156-06:002010-12-17T03:33:48.156-06:00Why is Eastern Time Zone a "strike against&qu...Why is Eastern Time Zone a "strike against"? If Detroit proves the satellite concept, then a CA branch office might come next. However, in the early days, the satellite should be in the same time zone as the mother ship, no, so that child can talk to mother? <br /><br />EPO branch offices in Berlin and The Hague (Holland) are busy, convening more and more of the "oral proceedings" that used to be the exclusive preserve of Munich. This, of course, peeves the 50% of European patent attorneys who have their practice in Munich.MaxDreinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851300.post-60314834494331448712010-12-17T00:53:00.884-06:002010-12-17T00:53:00.884-06:00Michigan only had 3000 applications in 2009, compa...Michigan only had 3000 applications in 2009, compared to 20,000 out of California, and 4000 out of Washington state. I don't think that you can justify Detroit on the basis of the level of patenting activity. It's also in the Eastern time zone, which I think is a strike against it. <br /><br />If you were looking on the basis of functionality, you'd have to put the office somewhere on the West Coast, California, Oregon, or Washington. But of course that's not what this was about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com