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	• Table of Contents • cen-chemjobs.org • Today's Headlines • Editor's Page • Business • Government & Policy • Science & Technology • ACS News • Calendars • Books • Career & Employment • Special Reports • Nanotechnology • What's That Stuff?          Back Issues 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998  Safety Letters  Chemcyclopedia ACS Members can sign up to receive C&EN e-mail newsletter.   Join ACS			December 8, 2003 Volume 81, Number 49 CENEAR 81 49 p. 9 ISSN 0009-2347 PATENT & TRADEMARK OFFICE NEW HOME FOR PATENT AGENCY PTO opens headquarters complex in Northern Virginia SUSAN MORRISSEY The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (PTO) officially opened the first building of its new consolidated headquarters in Alexandria, Va., on Dec. 2. To mark the occasion, Undersecretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property James E. Rogan was joined by Sen. John W. Warner (R-Va.) and Rep. James P. Moran (D-Va.), as well as other top officials involved with the project, at a ribbon-cutting ceremony outside the completed Henry Remsen Jr. Building. Remsen was the recorder of the first rules for patents in the early 1790s. DEDICATION Warner (from left), Rogan, and Moran cut the ribbon to officially open PTO's new headquarters. PHOTO BY SUSAN MORRISSEY "This new state-of-the-art facility supports many of our strategic goals, including the transition to e-government and, most important, the need to attract and retain a highly skilled workforce," Rogan said. "The new headquarters will do that by providing a safe and enhanced quality of life environment for those who work here." The new building complex will consolidate the office--currently PTO employees are scattered among 18 different leased building spaces along a 1.1-mile stretch of land in Crystal City, Va., near the Pentagon. Constructed at a cost of $750 million by LCOR Alexandria, the complex's five interconnecting buildings will be leased by PTO for the next 20 years. The $1.3 billion lease gets the agency 2.3 million sq ft of space to house more than 7,000 employees with an option to buy the buildings at the end of the lease period. The first phase of occupancy includes units involved with chemical and biotechnology patent areas, which will move into the Remsen Building. PTO expects to have 2,600 employees settled into two of the five buildings by February 2004, with remaining employees filling the other buildings within 18 months. Top Chemical & Engineering News Copyright © 2003 American Chemical Society			Related Site U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (PTO) E-mail this article to a friend Print this article E-mail the editor
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