USPTO weighs options for work at home
"PC Blade worth the cost of admission" [FCW.com, Oct. 6, 2003]
BY Florence Olsen
Published on Jul. 11, 2005
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office officials, who expect to hire about 900 new people as patent examiners this year, are analyzing their office space options, which include expanding the agency’s work-at-home program.
About 175, or 65 percent of USPTO's eligible trademark attorneys, work at home.
USPTO’s chief information officer has notified vendors of the agency’s interest in PC blade technology as agency officials weigh the security risks of expanding the work-at-home program. “Knowing about technology like this will help the decision-making process if we move forward on expanding the program,” said Brigid Quinn, a spokeswoman for the agency.
