PTO Acting Director to Plans Step Down; No Replacement Yet Confirmed

摘要

Patent and Trademark Office acting Director Teresa Stanek Rea will soon step down to return tonthe private sector, she told colleagues in a Wednesday letter, several intellectual property lawyers and advocatesnoutside the office told us. None of those we interviewed said they know where Rea will go nextnor whether the administration will soon name a permanent director to the post. Neither the White Housennor the agency had comment.