Should Massachusetts Get a USPTO Satellite Office?

On July 13th the first USPTO satellite office will open in Detroit.  Two more will follow in the next two years.  While the locations are currently unknown the announcements are expected to come soon.

According to the Boston Patent Law Associations (BPLA) comments to the USPTO, the best spot in our country for a USPTO satellite office would be in our own backyard, Boston, MA.  Based on the number of reasons BPLA was able to outline in its comments to the USPTO, it’s a wonder why a satellite office isn’t located in Boston already.  Numbers examined by BPLA indicated Boston and New England lead the country in:
•    Highest innovation density
•    Highest employee retention
•    Highest graduation rate in advanced science and engineering degrees
•    Highest concentration and diversity of science and engineering employment
•    Per capita patents granted by the USPTO to private companies in 2009

After reading this, you may be thinking the same thing I am: Why wouldn’t the USPTO open a satellite office in Boston?  Hopefully, in the not so distant future we won’t be asking that question.

Read the full article here.

-The Harbor Consulting Team

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Indiana – The Rising Star in US Life Sciences Jobs and Growth

According to a report entitled “State Bioscience Industry Development 2012,” which was recently released at the BIO International Conference (“BIO”) held in Boston, Indiana has moved its way to the top of the list and is leading the nation in jobs and growth in the industry. National average for growth in the industry has been approximately 6.4%, however, in Indiana it has been a staggering 14% since 2001. Part of the growth has been fueled by the fact that Indiana is one of only two states that currently have employment in four out of five specialized bioscience subsectors. Interestingly, Indiana high school junior Nathan Kondamuri was announced as the winner of the International BioGENEius Challenge at BIO as well. It is great to see that our industry is growing despite our economic struggles and that young talent continues to be fostered for the future. Read the entire article here.

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