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Partner Mauricio Uribe Discusses the Impact of the Federal Hiring Freeze on IP

January 25, 2017  | Mauricio Uribe

Seattle Partner Mauricio Uribe was quoted in “Federal Hiring Freeze Could Hurt Patent Quality,” an article published in Law360.  

Excerpt: President Donald Trump fulfilled a campaign pledge Monday and instituted a hiring freeze in the federal workforce, a move attorneys believe has the potential to hurt the quality of patents and hamper recent efforts by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to reduce a patent application backlog.

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