DENVER—A government official says the opening of the new U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in downtown Denver might be delayed.
The federal government said last year it was opening regional patent offices in the Detroit, Silicon Valley, Denver and Dallas areas.
So far five Colorado-based administrative patent judges have set up shop in temporary office space in Lakewood.
Chief Judge James D. Smith told The Denver Post on Tuesday that it’s still possible the permanent Denver office space could be ready in October or November, as originally planned, but early 2014 is looking more likely (). He says there could be delays due to efforts to get LEED Gold environmental certification.
The Denver office is expected to eventually have 20 judges and about 100 patent examiners.
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Information from: The Denver Post,
