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21 April 2008

Whealan’s departure may signal end for patent reform

Eileen McDermott, New York

Former USPTO solicitor John Whealan, who has been advising Senator Patrick Leahy on patent reform legislation, is to resign his post

Sources in Washington DC told Managing IP that Whealan announced his resignation last week at a meeting of the Giles Sutherland Rich American Inn of Court, a professional organization for judges and lawyers.




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