Senator Michael Bennet
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Bringing a Patent Office to Colorado
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Jul 13, 20123:07Now PlayingIn July 2012, the Department of Commerce announced the
selection of Denver as the location for a new satellite patent office. Over the past two years, Bennet led several letters from the
Colorado Delegation to President Obama, USPTO Director David Kappos, and Commerce Secretaries Gary Locke and John
Bryson, urging them to consider Colorado for a job-creating satellite office. The efforts have also been supported by Colorado's
veterans community, multiple business leaders, and Wyoming Senator Mike Enzi. A report compiled by Bennet, the Metro Denver
Economic Development Corporation, and the Colorado business community included an economic study that estimates a
satellite office in Denver would bring hundreds of direct jobs
and even more indirect jobs, as well as lead to economic activity
totaling $440 million over the first five years of operation.
The report was part of Bennet's continued efforts to bring the
patent office to Colorado. Last year, he secured an amendment,
cosponsored by Colorado U.S. Senator Mark Udall, in
the patent reform law that empowers the USPTO to establish
three new satellite patent offices across the country by 2014.
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