Yes, she must be running the USPTO now

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Well, if you want any confirmation as to who is running the USPTO now, you have it.  Coke Morgan Stewart was sworn in shortly after the Trump inauguration yesterday, and just nineteen hours later, the usual round of Tuesday patent issuances took place, and her signature was on those patents.

In contrast, it looks as though none of the US trademarks that got registered today actually have registration certificates.  I imagine there was some flurry of activity at the USPTO yesterday to yank all of the to-be-mailed registration certificates with Derrick Brent’s signature on them, and right now there is some further flurry of activity to (a) generate fresh registration certificates and (b) get them cryptographically signed.

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