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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 9/29/2025 4:15 PM, David Hricik via
Patentpractice wrote:<br>
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<div>I also heard a rumor (maybe it is old news) that the Denver
regional office employees were not part of a back-to-the-office
order, and rumor is it is shutting down? </div>
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<p>Well, folks, you heard it here from David first.</p>
<p>Yes, the USPTO just now announced that it is going to shut down
the Denver patent office.</p>
<p>I guess one might have seen this coming, when the Director of the
Denver patent office, Molly Kocialski announced (three weeks ago)
that she was done at the Denver patent office and had joined the
well known Denver law firm Holland and Hart.</p>
<p>The USPTO's announcement says:</p>
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<p>As of December of 2024, the number of employees in the Rocky
Mountain office had dropped to less than 10. </p>
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<p>Of course the correct way to say it would have been "fewer than
10".</p>
<p>But anyway, yes it seems the Denver patent office will close.</p>
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