[Patentpractice] Denver patent office closing? (was Re: Patent Center change)

[Carl Oppedahl]

On 9/29/2025 4:15 PM, David Hricik via Patentpractice wrote:
>
> 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?

Well, folks, you heard it here from David first.

Yes, the USPTO just now announced that it is going to shut down the 
Denver patent office.

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.

The USPTO's announcement says:

    As of December of 2024, the number of employees in the Rocky
    Mountain office had dropped to less than 10.

Of course the correct way to say it would have been "fewer than 10".

But anyway, yes it seems the Denver patent office will close.



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