Amid all the financial tumult in Detroit comes a breath of fresh air.
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has opened it's first-ever satellite office outside of Washington and it happens to be in Detroit.
The 31,000 square foot office the Stroh River Place complex on Detroit's east riverfront was commemorated Friday with a ribbon cutting ceremony on attended by a host of luminaries including Michigan's two U.S. senators and four members of Congress, the Detroit Free Press reported.
“Patents are the fuel for American innovation,” said Acting Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank in a statement in a press release “By opening the doors to America’s first-ever satellite patent office in Detroit, we are going to put more patents in the hands of entrepreneurs throughout this region and across the country."
Patent officials said the office will create about 120 highly skilled jobs.
The Detroit office is the first satellite office to open, but there are plans for three others.
