Today, the San Jose Mercury News reports the USPTO has stopped the search for a permanent facility for the Silicon Valley satellite office due to budget uncertainties generated by sequestration. For details Permanent home for Silicon Valley patent Office put on hold.
Updated July 20, 2013: USPTO Director's Forum: A Blog from USPTO's Leadership - An Update on Our Dallas, Denver, and Silicon Valley Offices and Silicon Valley Business Journal Patent Office confirms ... we're still on indefinite hold.
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