30 July 2008

USPTO deputy director to step down in August

Eileen McDermott, New York

The USPTO deputy director, Margaret Peterlin, is to leave her post next month in the hope of facilitating an orderly transition to the new presidential administration

According to PTO spokesperson Jennifer Rankin Byrne, Peterlin’s decision to step down now was driven largely by her desire to ensure a smooth changeover, since she is due to have her first child in the autumn and would have been on maternity leave in January.

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