[E-trademarks] Trademark Employee Exodus? No Evidence So Far

[Carl Oppedahl]

Thank you for posting.  It will be very interesting to see how this 
changes over the next few months.

On 2/13/2025 1:09 PM, Ken Boone via E-trademarks wrote:
> Pardon me for reviving (briefly) an ugly topic, but ...
>
> On 29 Jan, I exported from the USPTO's employee locator all the L 
> offices (which were primarily the Trademark Law Offices). Today, I 
> understand the /Fork in the Road/ is closed - that federal employees 
> can no longer accept the deferred retirement proposed by the new 
> administration, so I repeated the export performed on 29 Jan. Below is 
> a summary of current L office employee counts.  Only a few changes are 
> noted, but who knows what a similar check performed next week might 
> show? (A positive change means an increase of employees; a negative 
> change means a decrease of employees.  Protecting privacy, I'm not 
> interested in checking actual names for changes.)
>
> Good news so far, as I see only a net loss of 1 employee for all 
> trademark L offices (that is, so far, there is no evidence of mass 
> exits by the deferred retirement offer among the Trademark Law 
> Offices, but this is an early look at the data).
>
> *2/13 Counts*
> 	
> 	
> Office
> 	
> 	
> Office Description
> 	
> 	
> *Change*
> 16
> 	
> 	
> T/LL
> 	
> 	
> TRADEMARK LAW LIBRARY
> 	
> 	
> 30
> 	
> 	
> T/LO101
> 	
> 	
> LAW OFFICE 101
> 	
> 	
> 15
> 	
> 	
> T/LO102
> 	
> 	
> LAW OFFICE 102
> 	
> 	
> 29
> 	
> 	
> T/LO103
> 	
> 	
> LAW OFFICE 103
> 	
> 	
> 27
> 	
> 	
> T/LO104
> 	
> 	
> LAW OFFICE 104
> 	
> 	
> 26
> 	
> 	
> T/LO105
> 	
> 	
> LAW OFFICE 105
> 	
> 	
> 1
> 29
> 	
> 	
> T/LO106
> 	
> 	
> LAW OFFICE 106
> 	
> 	
> 28
> 	
> 	
> T/LO107
> 	
> 	
> LAW OFFICE 107
> 	
> 	
> 29
> 	
> 	
> T/LO108
> 	
> 	
> LAW OFFICE 108
> 	
> 	
> 31
> 	
> 	
> T/LO109
> 	
> 	
> LAW OFFICE 109
> 	
> 	
> 29
> 	
> 	
> T/LO110
> 	
> 	
> LAW OFFICE 110
> 	
> 	
> 25
> 	
> 	
> T/LO111
> 	
> 	
> LAW OFFICE 111
> 	
> 	
> 29
> 	
> 	
> T/LO112
> 	
> 	
> LAW OFFICE 112
> 	
> 	
> 23
> 	
> 	
> T/LO113
> 	
> 	
> LAW OFFICE 113
> 	
> 	
> 25
> 	
> 	
> T/LO114
> 	
> 	
> LAW OFFICE 114
> 	
> 	
> 27
> 	
> 	
> T/LO115
> 	
> 	
> LAW OFFICE 115
> 	
> 	
> -1
> 29
> 	
> 	
> T/LO116
> 	
> 	
> LAW OFFICE 116
> 	
> 	
> 27
> 	
> 	
> T/LO117
> 	
> 	
> LAW OFFICE 117
> 	
> 	
> 15
> 	
> 	
> T/LO118
> 	
> 	
> LAW OFFICE 118
> 	
> 	
> 15
> 	
> 	
> T/LO119
> 	
> 	
> LAW OFFICE 119
> 	
> 	
> 28
> 	
> 	
> T/LO120
> 	
> 	
> LAW OFFICE 120
> 	
> 	
> 26
> 	
> 	
> T/LO121
> 	
> 	
> LAW OFFICE 121
> 	
> 	
> 24
> 	
> 	
> T/LO122
> 	
> 	
> LAW OFFICE 122
> 	
> 	
> 27
> 	
> 	
> T/LO123
> 	
> 	
> LAW OFFICE 123
> 	
> 	
> 14
> 	
> 	
> T/LO124
> 	
> 	
> LAW OFFICE 124
> 	
> 	
> 29
> 	
> 	
> T/LO125
> 	
> 	
> LAW OFFICE 125
> 	
> 	
> -1
> 30
> 	
> 	
> T/LO126
> 	
> 	
> LAW OFFICE 126
> 	
> 	
> 1
> 27
> 	
> 	
> T/LO127
> 	
> 	
> LAW OFFICE 127
> 	
> 	
> 30
> 	
> 	
> T/LO128
> 	
> 	
> LAW OFFICE 128
> 	
> 	
> 28
> 	
> 	
> T/LO129
> 	
> 	
> LAW OFFICE 129
> 	
> 	
> 17
> 	
> 	
> T/LO130
> 	
> 	
> LAW OFFICE 130
> 	
> 	
> 15
> 	
> 	
> T/LO131
> 	
> 	
> LAW OFFICE 131
> 	
> 	
> 14
> 	
> 	
> T/LO132
> 	
> 	
> LAW OFFICE 132
> 	
> 	
> 16
> 	
> 	
> T/LO133
> 	
> 	
> LAW OFFICE 133
> 	
> 	
> 2
> 	
> 	
> T/LO300
> 	
> 	
> LAW OFFICE 300
> 	
> 	
> 17
> 	
> 	
> T/LO301
> 	
> 	
> LAW OFFICE 301
> 	
> 	
> 16
> 	
> 	
> T/LO302
> 	
> 	
> LAW OFFICE 302
> 	
> 	
> 17
> 	
> 	
> T/LO303
> 	
> 	
> LAW OFFICE 303
> 	
> 	
> 17
> 	
> 	
> T/LO304
> 	
> 	
> LAW OFFICE 304
> 	
> 	
> 10
> 	
> 	
> T/LO800
> 	
> 	
> LAW OFFICE 800
> 	
> 	
> 13
> 	
> 	
> T/LP
> 	
> 	
> LEGAL POLICY OFFICE
> 	
> 	
> -1
>
>
>
>
> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%,
> Ken Boone
>
> PS - UDUPA VAISHALI is still shown as COMMISSIONER FOR PATENTS.
>
>
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