Pinkos Appointment Provokes Allegations - Updated
Patent Docs: By Kevin E. Noonan — Maybe Hal Wegner (at right) is surprised by the continuing shenanigans of the current Patent Office administration. Maybe he is genuinely offended by their many actions and appointments made with seemingly little or no heed of the legal requirements for holding positions of authority in the Office. Or maybe he has finally just had enough. But in a series of e-mails sent to members of his extensive mailing list, Mr. Wegner, the dean of U.S. patent commentators, uncharacteristically excoriated the appointment of Stephen M. Pinkos (at left) to a position on the Patent Public Advisory…