An amendment numbered 6 printed in Part B of House Report 112-111 to add requirements to the satellite office location selection process to ensure that (1) the purposes, as described in the bill, of establishing satellite offices are achieved, (2) recruitment costs are minimized by considering the availability of knowledgeable personnel in the region, and (3) the economic impact to the region is considered. It would also require that the Director in the required report to Congress on the rationale in selecting the location of any satellite office include an explanation of how the selected location will achieve the purposes of satellite offices and how the required considerations were met.

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   Change 1: Replaces the period on page 135, line 22 with new text

   ReplacesPrinted page

   …[struck: .]

   Original wording

   Page 135, line 22, strike the period and insert a semicolon.

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   Change 2: Inserts new text on page 135, line 22

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   Inserted: (C) shall evaluate and consider the extent to which the purposes of satellite offices listed under subsection (b) will be achieved;

   Inserted: (D) shall consider the availability of scientific and technically knowledgeable personnel in the region from which to draw new patent examiners at minimal recruitment cost; and

   Inserted: (E) shall consider the economic impact to the region.

   Original wording

   Page 135, after line 22, insert the following:

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   Change 3: Inserts “, including an explanation of how the selected location will achieve the purposes of sate…” before the semicolon

   InsertsPage 136, line 9Printed page

   Inserted: , including an explanation of how the selected location will achieve the purposes of satellite offices listed under subsection (b) and how the required considerations listed under subsection (c) were met

   Original wording

   Page 136, line 9, insert before the semicolon the following: “, including an explanation of how the selected location will achieve the purposes of satellite offices listed under subsection (b) and how the required considerations listed under subsection (c) were met”.

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