From: Pickett, Casey [e-mail address redacted] Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 6:12 PM To: SatelliteOffices Subject: Comments on USPTO Location Dear Under Secretary Kappos and the USPTO Satellite Office Team, Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the expansion of the USPTO to satellite offices. The State of Connecticut's comments are attached, in addition to letters of support from a number of companies, institutions and associations. To reduce the email size, we will send in a separate email a visual description of Hartford and of Connecticut generally. We wish you the best of luck and hope for a chance to talk with members of your staff soon. Sincerely, Casey Pickett Director of Innovation State of Connecticut Department of Economic & Community Development [phone redacted]

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Sculpture by Connecticut artist Alexander Calder in Hartford Explore Hartford

Visit the spot where Mark Twain wrote his famous works. See the home of author and equal rights activist . Be entertained at the Hartford Stage Company and the Bushnell Performing Arts Center –Connecticut’s premier performing arts center. Take a peek at a Calder mobile at the Wadsworth Atheneum. Be amused at the Connecticut Science Center. Tour the exquisitely restored Connecticut Wadsworth Atheneum Capitol. The oldest public art museum in the country (1842) features a vast collection of painting, sculpture and decorative arts.

Connecticut Science Center This recent addition to Hartford features a building by the world- famous architect Cesar Pelli. It features 150 hands-on exhibits. The Connecticut State Capitol Building This beautifully restored Victorian Gothic building with gold dome, was opened in 1878. Harriet Beecher Stowe House Stowe was Twain’s neighbor in the area called Nook Farm.

Mark Twain House This is the Victorian Mansion where Mark Twain wrote his great works from 1874-91. This National Historic Landmark features an interior by Louis Comfort Tiffany. Twain’s neighbor was Harriet Beecher Stowe.

Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts National Historic Landmark, the Bushnell presents more than 350 events annually. Below: The Art Deco stainless steel marquee, display windows and entrance to the Capital Community College are by Taussig-Flesch & Associates and date from the 1934-35 Left and below: renovation of the 1918 G. Fox Department Store Clock tower and Fountain, by architect Cass Gilbert 1962, Constitution Plaza, --" - - - designed by Masao Kinoshita

Above: Hartford Stage Company, 1977 Constitution Plaza Venturi and Rauch, architects Hartford Stage Company

Church Street

Capital Community Clock Tower College

Pratt Street

Above: Phoenix Building, 1963 Harrison & Abramovitz, architects

Asylum Street Fountain

Old State House

Above: Gold Building,1974, Market Street Neuhaus & Taylor, architects Main Street Main Street To Riverfront Pearl Street Above: CT Science Center, 2009, Phoenix Pelli Clarke Pelli, architects Gold Building Building Left: Art Deco elements on the Wadsworth ‘ The State Capital Building and Atheneum’s Avery Memorial, 1934

Legislative Offices Street Prospect

Trumbull Street Trumbull Stone Field sculpture

Gold Street Wadsworth Atheneum Bushnell Park Avery Memorial

Bushnell Tower Burr Mall Bushnell Park, Calder sculpture 1853-1872, Jacob photography and design: Robert Gregson Weidenmann, landscape architect

Stegosaurus by Alexander Calder in Burr Mall

Above: Legislative Office Right: Bushnell Tower 1969, Building,1988, Russell Gibson von I.M. Pei with Henry F. Ludorf, architects Dohlen, architects Right below: Stone Field, Carl Andre, artist Architectural Time Traveling The history of Hartford can be traced through its buildings. They are our cultural memory. One need Walkingnot look far to findTour remnants of what we were of and who we are today. As we move further into the 21st century, we realize that it is important to preserve the architecture of the last century. These buildings represent Hartfordsignificant design milestones and have a beauty that requires a fresh point of view. Enjoy Connecticut Connecticut ...Mystic ...Yale ...and the is home of Seaport... University... Connecticut Colonial River Valley. Litchfield Hills... One Hour from Hartford y Massachusetts

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The natives who lived here called it “beside the long tidal river” and the word eventually became known to all as “Connecticut.” The charm of the River Valley is intact and you’ll find beautiful villages filled with shops, galleries and fine dining. Visit Gillette Castle – built Shopping in Chester by actor William Gillette Griswold Inn in Essex – and enjoy the most dramatic view of the river.

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Tour the quaint towns and shops of Litchfield Hills. Drive the many scenic roads through Kent, Cornwall and Norfolk. Visit the antique shops along the way and stop to smell the roses at the Bellamy-Ferriday House or have a quiet lunch on Bellamy-Ferriday House in Bethlehem the Green in Litchfield.

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Center of Litchfield

Covered bridge in Cornwall

Shop and galleries in Kent Greater New Haven

Yale is certainly a main attraction with its world-class art gallery, architecture school and theater department. Along with the Shubert Theater and Long Wharf theater, New Haven is the cultural center of Connecticut. But there is more if you add in the natural beauty of the coast. Hammonasset State Park in Madison

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Yale and the New Haven Green., above. Yale Art Gallery in New Haven, below.

Thimble Islands in Branford Mystic Country Mystic Seaport

Mystic Seaport is possibly the most well-known attraction in Connecticut, but add The Ballard Institute (Bob Ballard found the Titanic) at Mystic Aquarium and the two Casinos and you’ve got a lot to brag about.

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Foxwoods Resort Casino

Mystic Aquarium

Open-air shoreline dining Fairfield County

Fairfield County is filled Philip Johnson’s Glass House in New Canaan with wonderful shopping opportunities. From luxury items to the essentials, Fairfield has options. Greenwich, New Canaan and Westport may top the list but you’ll find treasures in other off-the-beaten-path shops. 60 Minutes from 25 Monroe Shelton Shopping in Greenwich Hartford 8 59

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Westport Country Playhouse

Silvermine Arts Center in New Canaan Sheffield Island Fun for the Family

Hammonasset State Park in Madison

Sheffield Island Brownstone Discovery Park in Portland Beardsley Zoo in Bridgeport

Maritime Aquarium in Norwalk Lake Compounce in Bristol

Essex Steam Train and Riverboat in Essex

Dinosaur Place in Montville Connecticut Fun Facts FAMOUS FIRSTS 1639 - First written constitution "The Fundamental Orders" 1656 - First public library in New Haven 1775 - First submarine launched by David Bushnell of Saybrook 1777 - First trimmed and illuminated Christmas tree in Windsor Locks 1780 - First U.S. traitor Benedict Arnold of Norwich 1784 - First law school founded by Tapping Reeve in Litchfield 1794 - First cotton gin by New Haven's Eli Whitney 1796 - First American cookbook, by Amelia Simmons, published in Hartford 1796 - First U. S. statehouse, Hartford 1806 - First dictionary, by West Hartford's Noah Webster 1846 - First U. S. amusement park Lake Compounce Theme Park, Bristol 1873 - First football game played at Yale 1875 - First agricultural experiment station, New Haven 1878 - First telephone exchange, 21 subscribers in New Haven 1881 - First three-ring circus, staged by Bethel's P.T. Barnum 1903 - First municipal rose garden in the U. S., Hartford's Elizabeth Park Rose Garden 1954 - First nuclear submarine the Nautilus, Groton 1975 - First woman elected , Ella Grasso

INVENTED IN CONNECTICUT Colt Revolver: 1836 Portable typewriter: 1843 Sewing machine: 1846 Ice-making machine: 1853 Can opener: 1858 Tape measure: 1868 Pay phone: 1877 Collapsible toothpaste tube: 1892 Hamburger: 1900 Electric light socket with pull chain: 1896 Lollipop: 1908 Erector set: 1911 Frisbee: 1920 Vacuum Cleaner: 1933 Polaroid camera: 1934 Helicopter: 1939 Color television: 1948 Wiffle Ball: 1956

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Nautilus Submarine Museum in Groton