Judiciary Sets Vote For PTO Nominee
August 4, 2009
President Obama's pick to head the Patent and Trademark Office could be confirmed before the August recess, CongressDaily's AM Edition reported on Tuesday. Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy has scheduled a Thursday morning business meeting for his panel to vote on IBM Assistant General Counsel David Kappos, tapped by Obama in June to become PTO director and undersecretary for intellectual property at the Commerce Department. The committee, which held Kappos' confirmation hearing Wednesday, is also scheduled to consider three other nominees. If the nomination is approved by the Judiciary Committee, Leahy would have to work with Senate leaders to find time for a floor vote before they leave town Friday.
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