[Patentpractice] USPTO employees offered buyouts to retire early to avoid having to return to the office

[Carl Oppedahl]

Thank you for posting.  Yes the January 24 memo from Department of 
Commerce is interesting.  Yes, it contains those words "This memorandum 
does not apply to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ...".  The way I 
interpret those words is:

    Yes the USPTO is part of the Department of Commerce, and yes the
    Trump executive order that tries to eliminate work-from-home will
    turn everything upside-down at the USPTO, but if you want to know
    exactly what the upside-down effect will be at the USPTO, you will
    have to look somewhere other than this January 24 memo from the
    Department of Commerce.

This is why I did not post this this January 24 memo from the Department 
of Commerce to my blog.

On 1/29/2025 5:41 AM, Alan Taboada wrote:
>
> Yesterday, IPO posted a note and link to the following “INFORMATION 
> MEMORANDUM FOR DEPARTMENT LEADERSHIP ON RETURN IN-PERSON WORK” from 
> the Department of Commerce last Friday.
>
> https://www.commerce.gov/sites/default/files/2025-01/Information%20Memo%20-%20Return%20to%20In-Person%20Work_0.pdf
>
> Notably, the memorandum states “This memorandum does not apply to the 
> U.S. Patent and Trademark Office….”
>
> *From:*Patentpractice <patentpractice-bounces at oppedahl-lists.com> *On 
> Behalf Of *Carl Oppedahl via Patentpractice
> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 29, 2025 6:54 AM
> *To:* For patent practitioners. This is not for laypersons to seek 
> legal advice. <patentpractice at oppedahl-lists.com>
> *Cc:* Carl Oppedahl <carl at oppedahl.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [Patentpractice] [External Sender] USPTO employees 
> offered buyouts to retire early to avoid having to return to the office
>
> Yes it would be helpful to see the letter.  If you could get a copy 
> (perhaps with a redaction or two) I would be glad to try to post it.
>
> On 1/29/2025 12:49 AM, Roger Browdy via Patentpractice wrote:
>
>     Carl,
>
>     An examiner told me about a letter from POPA  that said they were
>     exempt due to union contract. Can you try to get a copy?  I'll try
>     on my end.
>
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>     *Cc:* Carl Oppedahl <carl at oppedahl.com> <mailto:carl at oppedahl.com>
>     *Subject:* [External Sender][Patentpractice] USPTO employees
>     offered buyouts to retire early to avoid having to return to the
>     office
>
>     See blog article
>     <https://link.edgepilot.com/s/2344fa77/bFSa4mqMzk_I5SjnkYrifw?u=https://blog.oppedahl.com/uspto-employees-offered-buyouts-to-retire-early-to-avoid-having-to-return-to-the-office/>.
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