Comments on: Rob Clarke Named New USPTO Chief of Staff http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2009/09/17/rob-clarke-named-new-uspto-chief-of-staff/id=6213/ Patents, Software Patents, Patent Applications & Patent Law Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:33:50 +0000 hourly 1 By: Ron Reardon http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2009/09/17/rob-clarke-named-new-uspto-chief-of-staff/id=6213/#comment-8255 Ron Reardon Sat, 19 Sep 2009 00:10:11 +0000 http://www.ipwatchdog.com/?p=6213#comment-8255 Gene, I also know Rob, as he has spoken at the National Association of Patent Practitioners (www.napp.org) annual meeting on several occasions. He is a great choice for the position. Ron Reardon, President - NAPP Gene,

I also know Rob, as he has spoken at the National Association of Patent Practitioners (www.napp.org) annual meeting on several occasions. He is a great choice for the position.

Ron Reardon, President – NAPP

]]> By: patent leather http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2009/09/17/rob-clarke-named-new-uspto-chief-of-staff/id=6213/#comment-8249 patent leather Fri, 18 Sep 2009 03:16:28 +0000 http://www.ipwatchdog.com/?p=6213#comment-8249 Rob Clarke once spent a little time a few years back helping me with an odd USPTO situation when I called the OPLA with a problem. I thought he was professional and knowledgable and I appreciate anyone at the USPTO that will take some time to help someone that they have no obligation to. As Gene said, some will have a negative association with him due to the rules package, but I suppose that unless he wanted to lose his job, he had no choice but to go along with the program. Nobody knows how he really felt about those rules. So I think this is probably a positive appointment. Rob Clarke once spent a little time a few years back helping me with an odd USPTO situation when I called the OPLA with a problem. I thought he was professional and knowledgable and I appreciate anyone at the USPTO that will take some time to help someone that they have no obligation to. As Gene said, some will have a negative association with him due to the rules package, but I suppose that unless he wanted to lose his job, he had no choice but to go along with the program. Nobody knows how he really felt about those rules. So I think this is probably a positive appointment.

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