USPTO Halfway to Alexandria and Spring 2005

As of the beginning of November, there are more USPTO employees - over 4,000 - working in Alexandria than in Crystal City. Among those now working at the new Alexandria headquarters are the trademark examining operation and the the patent examining operation's Technology Center 2100 - Computer Architecture, Software and Information Security. On average over 300 employees a week move into the new facility. When the move is completed in the spring of 2005 over 7,000 USPTO employees and contractors will be housed in the five buildings of the Alexandria campus.