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Executive order may recast USPTO role in national security

By Nick Robertson ( September 26, 2025, 21:59 GMT | Comment) -- A recent executive order’s designation of patent examiners’ work as “relating to national security” offers a chance for the US Patent and Trademark Office to re-evaluate how it coordinates with US defense agencies and oversees the US innovation economy.While lawmakers and US Patent and Trademark Office leadership commonly link the office’s work to US national security through the economic impact of patents, a recent designation of patent examiners’ work as “relating to national security” presents an opportunity for the office to strengthen those ties, IP experts told MLex....

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