The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is an agency in the U.S. Department of Commerce that issues patents to inventors and businesses for their inventions, and trademark registration for product and intellectual property identification.

The USPTO is "unique among federal agencies because it operates solely on fees collected by its users, and not on taxpayer dollars". Its "operating structure is like a business in that it receives requests for servicesapplications for patents and trademark registrationsand charges fees projected to cover the cost of performing the services [it] provide[s]".

The USPTO is based in Alexandria, Virginia, after a 2005 move from the Crystal City area of neighboring Arlington, Virginia. The offices under Patents and the Chief Information Officer that remained just outside the southern end of Crystal City completed moving to Randolph Square, a brand-new building in Shirlington Village, on April 27, 2009.

The last head of the USPTO was Michelle K. Lee. She took up her new role on January 13, 2014, initially in a temporary Deputy role. On March 13, she formally took office as Director after being nominated by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the U.S. Senate. She formerly served as the Director of the USPTO's Silicon Valley satellite office. She resigned effective June 6, 2017. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Does the USPTO use tax money?
2. What income does it run on?
3. Any other sources?
4. Who is the most recent leader of the USPTO?
5. What position did she start in?
6. True or False: That was a permanent position.
7. What position did she work in later?
8. What position does she work in currently?
9. When did she stop working for the USPTO?
10. Which president had nominated her?
11. What does USPTO stand for?
12. What larger government division are they a part of?
13. Who do they provide patents for?
14. Do they provide anything else?
15. What?
16. For what purpose?
17. Where is the USPTO located now?
18. Was it always there?
19. When did it move?
20. Why did it move?
Answer: 1. no
2. user fees
3. no
4. Michelle K. Lee
5. Deputy
6. false
7. Director of the USPTO's Silicon Valley satellite office
8. unknown
9. June 6, 2017
10. Obama
11. United States Patent and Trademark Office
12. Department of Commerce
13. inventors and businesses
14. yes
15. trademark registration
16. for product and intellectual property identification
17. Alexandria, Virginia
18. no
19. 2005
20. unknown

Problem: (CNN)Reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton and teammate Nico Rosberg resumed where they left off last season as the 2015 Formula One season kicked off in Melbourne.

The Mercedes duo, who took pole position in all but one of last season's qualifying sessions and won 16 of the 19 races, were dominant in first and second practice for Sunday's Australian Grand Prix.

Rosberg, who won last year's GP at Albert Park, was fastest around the Melbourne street circuit on Friday, finishing 0.1 second ahead of Hamilton with Sebastian Vettel taking third spot for his new team Ferrari -- the German four-time world champion finished 0.715 seconds off the pace set by his compatriot.

Vettel's Finnish teammate, Kimi Raikkonen was fourth, 1.1 seconds behind the lead with Williams' Valtteri Bottas and Daniel Kvyat, who was making his debut for Red Bull since his switch from Toro Rosso, finishing fifth and sixth respectively.

"It was great to be back in the car at this awesome track," Rosberg said, the official Formula One site reported.

"Today we have the evidence that our Silver Arrow is quick again and it was a great start for the team," he added.

"It seems again that it's very close between Lewis and me and he is a great driver, so I need to nail the setup every time to come out on top. This year will be a big battle again against him, I'm sure. I'm looking forward to the first weekend of the new season with all the great fans out there."
1. Who took the inside lane in all but one qualifier?
2. How many races were there?
3. Did they win all of them?
4. How many?
5. How did they perform in Sundays race?
6. What race was that?
7. Who won last years Grand Prix?
8. Where was that held?
9. Was he trailing everyone this week?
10. Who took third?
11. Who does he drive for?
12. How many seconds behind was he?
13. Where did Raikkonen finish?
14. Who drove for Red Bull for the first time?
15. Who was happy to be there again?
16. According to who?
17. Who did Kvyat leave to drive for Red Bull?
18. What is there proof of?
19. Was it a bad finish?
20. What season kicked off?
Answer: 1. The Mercedes duo
2. 19
3. no
4. 16
5. first and second
6. Australian Grand Prix
7. Rosberg
8. Albert Park
9. yes
10. Sebastian Vettel
11. Ferrari
12. 0.715
13. fourth
14. Daniel Kvyat
15. Rosberg
16. Formula One site
17. Toro Rosso
18. Silver Arrow is quick again
19. no
20. the new season

question: (CNN) -- The Tennessee Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to modify or overturn a lower court's ruling allowing Mary Winkler, convicted of killing her minister husband, visitation rights with the couple's three daughters.

Holding baby Brianna, Mary Winkler stands next to Matthew. In the foreground are Mary Alice and Patricia.

Charles and Diane Winkler, parents of slain minister Matthew Winkler, had asked the court to intervene and either revoke Mary Winkler's visitation rights or allow them to proceed only under supervision of a counselor.

The children -- Patricia, Mary Alice and Brianna -- have been living with their grandparents since their mother was arrested last year.

Winkler has not seen the children in 15 months, said Kay Farese Turner, her attorney. She said her client was "absolutely elated about the news and believes this will be her best Christmas ever."

Turner said she believes the visit may come before Christmas.

A jury convicted Winkler earlier this year of voluntary manslaughter in the shotgun death of Matthew Winkler -- not the first-degree murder conviction prosecutors had wanted. She said the slaying came after years of abuse, including physical violence and being forced to dress "slutty" for undesirable sex acts.

Winkler received a three-year sentence, but a judge required her to serve only 210 days, gave her credit for the five months she had already served and allowed her to serve the remaining 60 days in a mental health facility. She was released in August.

At the time of their father's death in March 2006, Patricia was 8, Mary Alice was 6 and Brianna was 1.
1. What was Winkler sent to jail for?
2. What charge was she found guilty of?
3. Was that what prosecutors wanted?
4. What were they hoping for?
5. What was her husband's job?
6. What caused her to kill him?
7. How did he like her to dress?
8. Why?
9. How did she kill him?
10. How many kids does she have?
11. How long ago did she last see them?
12. Where are they?
13. How old are they?
14. Who wants her visitation rights changed?
15. Who are they?
16. Do they want her to see the kids at all?
17. Which court gave her the rights?
18. Which one decided to let her keep them?
19. Did she have a jury trial?
20. When was she set free?
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answer:
1. killing her minister husband
2. voluntary manslaughter
3. No
4. first-degree murder
5. minister
6. years of abuse
7. "slutty"
8. undesirable sex acts
9. shotgun
10. three
11. 15 months
12. living with their grandparents
13. 9,7,2
14. Charles and Diane Winkler
15. Her husband's parents
16. no or under supervision
17. lower court
18. The Tennessee Supreme Court
19. yes
20. August.