Whealan’s departure may signal end for patent reform
21 April 2008
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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He will take up the position of Associate Dean at the George Washington University Law School , where he will manage the School’s IP programme.
Whealan had been on leave from the USPTO for the past year, while assisting Senator Patrick Leahy with patent reform bill S1145 , which has yet to make it to the Senate floor.
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