Posts Tagged: work from home
Statement by USPTO on Alleged Patent Examiner Time and Attendance Abuse
In a statement released late afternoon on Thursday, USPTO Chief Communications Office Todd Elmer explained that the USPTO "takes very seriously even one incidence of time and …
USPTO pays patent examiner for 730 hours fraudulently not worked
According to the IG report, “Examiner A committed at least 730 hours of time and attendance abuse, resulting in the payment of approximately $25,500 for hours not worked in …
Patent Hoteling Program Succeeding as a Business Strategy
The telework program affords employees the ability to work from home from 1 to 5 days a week, and the largest of these telework programs — the Patent Hoteling Program (…
PTO Lays Out Ambitions 2011 Agenda at IPO Conference
At lunch Director Kappos explained that the goal for fiscal year 2010, which ended on September 30, 2010, was to get the backlog down to 699,000 --- dubbed "project 699." The Office …
On the Record with Former PTO Director Nick Godici – Part 1
I thoroughly enjoyed my time with Godici, and we managed to get into a wide variety of issues that ranged from his early days as a patent …