USPTO Requests $1.7 Billion in FY 2006 Budget; Request Includes 900 New Patent Examiners

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The USPTO has announced its budget request for FY 2006.  President Bush and the PTO hope to spend $1.7 billion — an amount “equaling anticipated FY 2006 fee collections from patent and trademark filings.”  This represents an increase of about $150 million over FY 2005.

A key element of the new budget is the plan to hire 900 new patent examiners and 75 new trademark examining attorneys. “By the end of FY 2006, the USPTO expects to have over 4,500 patent examiners and over 350 trademark examining-attorneys.”

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