OT:Abandoning His Post/ patent reform bill S.1145 R.I.P.

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OT:Abandoning His Post/ patent reform bill S.1145 R.I.P.

posted on Apr 19, 2008 05:22AM

Abandoning His Post

April 18, 2008

John Whealan, former solicitor of the USPTO, has been soliciting PTO-favorable legislation for the past year, "assisting" Sen. Leahy in bungling patent reform. In a signal of defeat for the bill, S. 1145, Whealan, who has been on leave from the PTO, is abandoning his temporary post with the Senate May 1. Self-absorbed, Leahy has called his efforts a waste of "thousands of hours."

Hal Wegner: "The fact that Whealan is leaving his Senate position, now, is a strong indicator that the legislation may be considered dead by its principal advocate: Otherwise, it is inconceivable that someone in such a sensitive and important position would leave with the task incomplete."

The Wall Street Journal today is rehashing old Patent Prospector news in sketching the demise of S. 1145.