Posts Tagged: "government shutdown"

USPTO to Remain Open in spite of Government Shutdown

Regardless of any government shutdown, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will continue normal operations. Unlike other agencies, the USPTO has access to fees collected and will be able to continue normal operations for at least a few weeks, according to Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross.

Gene Quinn

January 19, 2018

As of the writing of this article the USPTO website remains up and appears to be fully functional. So if the USPTO can keep its website full of publicly available, free information up during a government shutdown why did the Copyright Office need to remove everything from its website and pretend that this is required by a government shutdown? For crying out loud they have the funds to keep the website live on the Internet and post this ridiculous notice.

Gene Quinn

October 1, 2013

USPTO to Remain Open Even if U.S. Government Shuts Down

Because of sufficient funding not linked to the current fiscal year, the United States Patent and Trademark Office will remain open for business and will continue to operate as usual through the close of business on Monday, April 18, 2011 even in the event of a government shutdown.

Gene Quinn

April 7, 2011