Kappos: why he’s leaving USPTO, and what’s left to be done

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Kappos: why he’s leaving USPTO, and what’s left to be done

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As David Kappos prepares for his final day at the USPTO this Friday, he spoke with Managing IP about his reasons for leaving, what the US government can do better, and why his team is like “a beautiful painting”

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