米国 bye, bye Ms.Peterlin and welcome new Deputies

（情報追加：11月15日）
Doll Is New Deputy At USPTO; More Changes On The Way
　(from Intellectual Property Watch)
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（情報追加：11月13日）
USPTO Press Release
　(from USPTO)
USPTO Director Jon Dudas announced two changes in Patent Office management, occasioned by the early departure of Margaret Peterlin
(from PatentDoc)

Dear USPTO Colleagues:

I want you to be the first to know about the following assignments, occasioned by Deputy Under Secretary and Deputy Director Margaret Peterlin's departure from the agency.

To fulfill the functions and duties of the Deputy Under Secretary and Deputy Director, I have asked John Doll, Commissioner for Patents, to serve as the Acting Deputy Under Secretary and Deputy Director of the USPTO. John's leadership will ensure that the critical work of the Deputy Under Secretary and Deputy Director continues in an uninterrupted fashion.

John has been with the USPTO for more than 34 years, serving the agency in a variety of capacities, including patent examiner, supervisory patent examiner, and TC director. John has been the driving force behind hiring record numbers of new patent examiners, and in aggressively expanding our e-government programs, including EFSWeb -- which now accounts for over 70% of patent-application filings, and our PFW efforts.

While John fulfills the functions and duties of the Deputy Under Secretary and Deputy Director, Peggy Focarino, Deputy Commissioner for Patent Operations, will assume the responsibilities of the Commissioner for Patents. Peggy has been with the agency for more than 31 years, and has tremendous experience, having been a patent examiner, supervisory patent examiner, and TC director. During her tenure as Deputy Commissioner for Patent Operations, she implemented a new approach to training examiners, and created hoteling for patent examiners and technical support staff, all while maintaining record levels of performance in patent operations.

Please join me in supporting John and Peggy with their new responsibilities, and in thanking Margaret for her service to our agency.

Warm regards,

Jon Dudas

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USPTOの副長官 Margaret J.A. Peterlinが8月にUSPTOを去るとのことです。2007年5月に副長官に任命され、わずか16ヶ月で現職を去ることになりました。(from USPTO)
でも、聞くところによるとUSPTOの新任審査官の多くはその半分の期間でUSPTOを辞めているそうです。
彼女（とJon Dudas長官）はIP関係の経験が乏しく色々と批判がありましたし、新規則の導入失敗なども今回の辞任と関係があるのではないでしょうか。次は長官かな・・・
ちなみに今年の終わりに彼女は第1子を授かる予定だそうです。おめでとうございます。