MSPB Grants 'Corrective Action' to APJ for USPTO Retaliation Following Whistleblower Activity
Briefly

"Placing the Office's finger on the scale is precisely what happens when a panel is expanded, and it is particularly concerning to learn that the practice was surreptitiously happening."- Gene Quinn
The Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) issued a decision on May 5 granting Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Administrative Patent Judge (APJ) Michael Fitzpatrick's request for corrective action with respect to alleged retaliatory personnel actions against him by senior management officials at the Department of Commerce and U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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