New Mexico politicians lobby for satellite patent office

Senators Jeff Bingaman and Tom Udall and Congressmen Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Lujan sent a letter arguing for New Mexico as the site of the one of two satellite patent offices to be created by the patent reform bill. A third office, The Elijah J. McCoy United States Patent and Trademark Office in Detroit, had already been selected.

Politicians from Texas and California are also active. See Patent satellite offices sought by politicians

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http://washingtonindependent.com/113385/rep-ben-lujan-requests-patent-office-in-new-mexico-after-voting-against-patent-law