{"id":5309,"date":"2012-07-16T11:50:26","date_gmt":"2012-07-16T17:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.717madisonplace.com\/?p=5309"},"modified":"2012-07-16T12:11:45","modified_gmt":"2012-07-16T18:11:45","slug":"examination-art-units-for-the-detroit-patent-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.717madisonplace.com\/?p=5309","title":{"rendered":"Examination Art Units for the Detroit Patent Office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The USPTO&#8217;s satellite office in Detroit opened last week. \u00a0I hadn&#8217;t seen any definitive information as to what art units were going to be represented in the Detroit office. \u00a0So, I did an area code search in the USPTO employee directory. \u00a0If those results are any indication, there are currently examiners for the following Group Art Units:<\/p>\n<p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:DocumentProperties> <o:Revision>0<\/o:Revision> <o:TotalTime>0<\/o:TotalTime> <o:Pages>1<\/o:Pages> <o:Words>244<\/o:Words> 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valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"right\"><span>2861<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"353\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>INCREMENTAL PRINTING OF SYMBOLIC INFORMATION<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"86\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"right\">1<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"57\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"right\"><span>2884<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"353\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>RADIANT ENERGY<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"86\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"right\">1<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"57\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"right\"><span>3655<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"353\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>CLUTCHES AND POWER-STOP CONTROL; PLANETARY GEAR   TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS OR COMPONENTS; INTERRELATED POWER DELIVERY CONTROLS   INCLUDING ENGINE CONTROL<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"86\" 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