Untitled From: [e-mail address redacted] On Behalf Of Tim Cowden Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 6:05 PM To: SatelliteOffices Cc: [e-mail address redacted] Subject: Kansas City, Missouri Response: United States Patent and Trademark Office -Satellite Office Location #1201009

Dear Mr. Khan,

Please find attached the response from Kansas City, Mo., conveying our strong interest to be considered for the location of the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO) new satellite office location.

In our response, we expect to compel the USPTO to evaluate locating this facility in Kansas City, Mo., due to any number of factors to include:

• Positioned as the “Most Entrepreneurial City” in the United States o Reinforced by Google’s selection of KC to be the first to have its ultra, high-speed fiber and data transmission network installed

• One of the Fastest Growing Technology Cities in the U.S., according to the Wall Street Journal

• University of Missouri-Kansas City business school ranked #1 in the world for Innovation Management Research, and home to two of the top three business entrepreneurship researchers in the world

• Home to major R&D functions of a telecommunications giant (Sprint Corporation), medical information systems leader (Cerner Corporation), and major research functions in biosciences ($4 billion endowed Stower’s Institute for Medical Research), energy (MRIGlobal) and entrepreneurism (Kauffman Foundation for Entrepreneurial Development)

Our Mayor, Sylvester “Sly” James, details our City’s advantages in personal correspondence included in the attached response. We have also been in close contact with the Kansas City Regional Administrator of the General Services Administration during the compilation of this proposal. Mr. Klumb and team are highly enthusiastic about the prospects of identifying existing GSA controlled space in Kansas City that could be shared with other federal government agencies for the benefit of the USPTO and the American taxpayer. We look forward to working with your team to identify specific options during the next round of evaluation. Included is one private-sector location option that was once the home of the 10th District of the Federal Reserve Bank, for representation of the unique facility options in Kansas City.

Thank you for allowing us the opportunity to respond to this exciting project. We are confident Kansas City’s presence as a major Central U.S. hub for research, entrepreneurism, legal services, federal government offices and creativity places this proposal in strong position for further consideration for the satellite office of the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Let me know how we may take our proposal to the next step of evaluation to include hosting your team for a site visit in Kansas City. Thank you.

Please confirm upon receipt. Tim

Tim Cowden Senior Vice President - Business Development Kansas City Area Development Council 30 W. Pershing Road, Suite 200 Kansas City, Missouri 64108 [phone redacted]

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CITY Of fOUNTAINS

HEART Of THE NATION

• KANSAS CI T Y

MISSOURI

January 24,2012

Mr. Azam Khan

Deputy Chief of Staff

Office of the Mayor

Mayor Sylvester "Sly" James, Jr.

29th Floor, City Hall 414 East 12th Street Kansas City, Missouri 64106

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Mail SlOP Office of Under Secretary and Director P.O . Box 1450 Alexandria, VA 22313- 1450

Dear Mr. Khan:

(816) 513-3500 Fax: (816) 513-3518

On behalf of tlle citizens of Kansas City, Missouri it is my pleasure to present our comrrrunity for

consideration as the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) new satellite office location.

Kansas City has positioned itself as the most entrepreneurial city in the country and leads the nation in the areas of telecommunications, cancer 'research, biosciences and animal health. Furthermore, the

area's highly skilled workforce was a major mctor in Google choosing Kansas City over 1,100 other cities fur the installation of its cutting- edge hig/1 speed fiber.

While our city has no shortage of business- friendly, innovative amenities, it is also worth noting that there

are cOlmtless reasons for your employees to want to call Kansas City, Missouri home. Below are just a few of the examples of these:

• TIle Wall Street Journal recently identified our city as one of the mstest growing teclmology cities in the country. According to the publication, "In 2009 the nunlber of tech companies rose

by 5% to 2,900, trumping the growili rates of well-known hubs like Silicon Valley, Boston and

Austin, Texas."

• Kansas City is home to Sprint Nexte~ Cerner Corporation, MRI Globa~ the Stowers Center for Medical Research, the Kauffinan Foundation and many other cutting edge research mcilities.

• TIle University of Missouri - Kansas City (UMKC) this year was identified as the top research lmiversity in the world for innovation management research and is home to two of the top three

business entrepreneurial researchers in the world . • UMKC's Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation was just named the best model in the

nation by the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship. • Kansas City has become the preeminent city in the Midwest in the arts with the opening of the

spectacular Kauffinan Center for the Perfornling Arts.

 We look forward to working with USPTO in the selection process for its satellite office. Please do not hesitate to contact my office ifwe can be of further assistance.

Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri

Greater Kansaas City Reggion Overvview

Homme to more thhan 2 millionn people, Ka nsas City is a bi-state reegion includiing major coounties withinn western Misssouri and easstern Kansaas. In Greateer Kansas Ciity, you will ffind: •• One of thhe fastest grrowing majorr job marketss in the Midwwest •• Lower buusiness and lifestyle cossts than mosst major metrros •• A well-edducated, extremely productive workfforce •• The mosst geographiccally-central major metroo in the conttinental U.S.

Majoor Corporatte Headquarrters in KC AAMC Entertainment AAmerican Century BBlack & Veatcch BBurns & McDDonnell CCerner Corpooration CCommerce BBancshares DDeBruce Graain DDST Systemss GGarmin GGreat Plains Energy HH&R Block

Hallmarkk Cards Hill’s Pett Nutrition JE Dunnn Constructioon Kansas City Southerrn MRIGlobbal Newportt Television Seaboarrd Corporatioon Sprint UMB Finnancial Westar EEnergy YRC Woorldwide

Business Innovatioon—Kansass City Regioon Creativityy influences more than tthe arts – buusiness innovvation has aa long historyy and excitinng future in the KC regioon. In fact, oout of more t han 1,100 ccommunities that appliedd and were considereed for the prroject, Google selected KKansas Cityy as the first city to roll ouut its ultra hi gh-speed brroadband seervice – provviding our community witth Internet acccess more than 100 timmes faster thaan what mosst Americanss have todayy. In selectinng a city, Gooogle chose a location wwhere it can build efficientlyy, make an immpact on thee communityy and easily develop relaationships wwith local govvernment andd communityy organizatioons. They foound that in Kansas Cityy!

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In Augusst 2011, Thee Wall Streett Journal feeatured KC aas “the informmation technnology hub” of the U.S., in an articlee titled, “Wheere the Actioon Is.”

WWelcome to "Silicon Prairie."

KKansas City, straddling thhe Kansas aand Missourii state line, iss home to teech giants likke SSprint Corpooration and Cerner Corrporation, bbut its indust ry ranks havve been sweelling wwith smaller ffirms.

Inn 2009, the nnumber of teech companiies rose by 55% to 2,900, trumping thhe growth raates off well-knownn hubs like SSilicon Valleyy, Boston annd Austin, acccording to aa 2010 studyy published by the TechAmmerica Founddation.

TThe Google initiative will be "an exceellent platformm for innovaation," says BBryan Richard, foounder of iCoode Inc., a wweb start-up that posts pprofiles of sooftware deveelopers. "EEveryone in the technoloogy businesss is talking aabout it heree in town, and everyone wwants to do ssomething wwith it and maaximize it."

EEntrepreneurrs who have relocated frr sts also tout the friendly om the coas business environment. It's far less expensive to build a firmm and develoop technologgy, they sayy, and thhere are fewwer state andd city regulattions to worrry about. Andd, as in otheer hubs, manny entrepreneurss are helpingg each other. "Numerouus times peo ple have as ked me for thhings I have expertise inn and there aare times whhere I call coompetitors ……for specific problems," saays Donald RRossberg, president of DDataworks Innc., a technoology-suppoort and consultinng start-up. ""In the end, wwe all benefit."

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Animal HHealth Corrr argest Conccentration oof Animal Health Comppanies in theeidor, the La e World—reaching froom Manhattaan, Kan., to SSt. Joseph, MMo., and to Columbia, MMo., the companiees and instittutions in thiss region acccount for neaarly 32% of ttotal sales inn the $19 bill ion global annimal health market.

Ranked No. 1 in thee World, University of MMissouri-Kaansas City’ss Bloch Schhool of Managemment (in Innnovation Maanagement Research) –The rankinng is the resuult of a studyy conducteed by scholaars to be pubblished in thee March 2012 issue of TThe Journal oof Product Innovatioon Managemment, a leading academicc journal. In the ranking, UMKC topss such prestigious schools aas M.I.T., Haarvard, Stanfford, Michigaan State andd Texas A&MM.

Also, Thee University of Missouri--Kansas Cityy’s Institute ffor Entreprenneurship andd Innovationn (IEI) Entrrepreneurship MBA empphasis was rrecognized aas the 2012 National Moodel Graduatte Entrepreneurship Proogram by the United Staates Associaation for Smaall Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE). Thhe IEI and MBA programm are housedd within the HHenry W. Bl och School oof Managemeent.

The award was baseed on seven basic criteri a including iinnovative p rogram elemments, qualitty of faculty annd school, pprogram commprehensivenness, naturee and level oof student suupport, and impact on the discipl ine, the studdents, and thhe communitty.

World-Class Resouurces to Fosster Innovattion in the KKansas Cityy Region

AAvvio Center—A small bbusiness inccubator that ppromotes eaarly-stage tech companiees. Located in Noorth Kansas City, the Avvvio Center pprovides spaace for small businessess in thhe technologgy industry.

CChristopher “Kit” Bondd Science & Technologgy Incubato r—Provide ffacilities andd assistance foor start-up coompanies. The incubatorr houses a laaboratory, conference rooom, operation offi ces and tenant spaces.

EEnterprise CCenter of Joohnson Couunty—Busineess incubatoor that providdes busines s coonsulting, addvisory serv ices, financing resourcees and office space to acccelerate thee suuccess of hi gh-growth ccompanies inn the tech seector.

Inndependencce Regional Ennovatioon Center——Mixed-use bbusiness inccubator that foocuses on grrowing bioteech, culinary and technology businessses.

KK-State Olat he Innovation Campuss—The newlly-opened OOlathe Innovaation Campuus wwill be home to the National Institute for Food Saafety and Seecurity, whichh will attract reesearchers aand compannies from aroound the globbe working tto protect thee world’s foood suupply.

KKansas Biosscience Autthority—Witth over $5800 million dollaars to investt in biotech sstart-ups, the KBAA offers compprehensive ssupport for wworld-class rresearch, commercializaation, and businesss expansion to acceleratte company growth and job creation in the state . The VVenture Acceelerator houssed at the KBA facility has a wet labb incubator bbuilding to faacilitate the ggrowth of eaarly-stage, hiigh-potentiall bioscience companies..

KKansas Smaall Businesss Developmment Center——Small bussiness suppoort organizattion foocused on asssisting entrrepreneurs bby providing resources too support buusiness development .

KKauffman Fooundation—— Dedicated to advancinng and estabblishing globaal entrepreneurs and their bus inesses throough educational and meentorship prrograms like FastTrac – its innternationallyy-acclaimed entrepreneurship learning programm.

KKC SourceL ink—Resouurces for entrrepreneurs in a variety oof industries,, including teech, too start or exppand their buusinesses.

LLawrence Reegional Tecchnology Ceenter—The Lawrence RRegional Tecchnology Ceenter (LLRTC) is a nnonprofit smaall business incubator thhat offers valuable resouurces and seervices to suupport the foormation andd growth of hhigh-tech staart-up compaanies, in Lawrence andd the surrouunding commmunities.

MMissouri Innnovation Park—A multi--use businesss incubator that focusess on biotechh, bioscience annd nanotechhnology. Thee space offerrs eight wet lab facilities . Its primary partner is thee KC Area Liffe Sciences Institute, whhich supportts both biosccience and animal healthh science.

MMissouri Smmall Businesss & Technoology Deve lopment Ceenter—Prov ides counseeling, exxpertise andd education tto entreprenneurs in techh/IT and otheer industries.

MMizzou Centter—Supporrts entreprenneurs, start-uup and existing businessses and organizationss by providinng co-locatio n opportunitties with the University oof Missouri’s sttrategic reseearch, innovaation, techniical and worrkforce development asssets and reesources.

MMRIGlobal——One of the nnation’s leadding researcch institutes, MRIGlobal conducts programs in tthe areas of national seccurity and deefense, life ssciences, en ergy and thee environment, agriculture and food saafety, and enngineering annd infrastruccture.

OOfficePort KKC—A co-woorking busineess facility thhat supportss tech innovaators and entrepreneurss by providinng rental spaace and on-ssite servicess.

PPIPELINE In novators—Entrepreneuurial businesss mentorship program tthat combinees building servi ces with vennture capital investors too nurture thee KC region’ss next generation off tech innovaators.

SStowers Insttitute for Meedical Reseearch—Stronng emphasiss on medical research, tthe SStowers Instittute studies causes, treaatment and pprevention oof diseases. Established in 1994, the spaace includess a state-of-the-art laboraatory, equipmment and technical suppport and encouragges collabor ative scientific efforts. AA $2 billion eendowment mmakes Stowwers Innstitute one oof the most wwell-funded and highly-rregarded ressearch facilitties in the w orld.

TThink Big Paartners—Ann early-stagee business inncubator, staart-up acceleerator and mmentorship-bbased collaboorative netwwork that suppports tech innnovators annd entrepreneurss.

UUniversity off Kansas Biioscience aand Technology Busineess Center——A new $7. 25 mmillion bioscieence incubaator on Kansas Universitty’s West Caampus openeed in 2010. AAs part of the faccility, a 20,0000-square-fooot Biosciennce and Techhnology Bussiness Centeer also is being built by parttnerships invvolving KU, tthe City of Laawrence, Doouglas Counnty and the Kanssas Bioscien ce Authorityy.

TThe University of Kansaas Medical Center Biosscience andd Technologgy Busines s CCenter—Dessigned to booost commerccialization off KU researcch, with a focus on fosteering coollaborative research effforts, furtherring econommic growth annd creating jobs.

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Skilled WWorkforce in the Kansaas City Reggion

As of November 2011, the Kansaas City MSAA’s civilian laabor force is 1,036,688 wwith a populaation of a little over 2 millioon. The Kan sas City region enjoys aa diverse ecoonomy – mirrroring the UU.S. economyy in industry sectors. Thhis variety al lows us to continue to g row even in harsh econoomic times. AAlso underlyinng the strength of the reegion, KC maaintains a low unemployyment rate. Currentlyy at 7.4%, Kaansas City’ss unemploymment rate is ..8% lower thhan the natioonal rate.

Our workkforce is robust and exceeptionally talented provi ding a skille d populationn—especiallyy in engineerring and scieence occupaations.

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Patent AAttorneys and Agents CCurrently inn the Kansaas City Reggion

Register

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Kansas Missouri

Attorneys

Regionn # oof Patent Atto

76 118 194

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Source: Hovvey Williams LLPP.

Patent AApplicationss by State

State of K State of M Total

Region

Kansas Missouri

2006

1,355 2,166 3,521

2007 200

1,475 1,57 2,273 2,33 3,748 3,91

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78 1,671 35 2,285 13 3,956

2010

1,678 2,314 3,992

Total

7,757 11,373 19,130

Source: USPPTO, Performan ce and Accountaability Report, 20010-2011.

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Access to Local annd Regionall Universitiees and Techh Schools wwith World-CClass Engineeering Prograams in the KKansas Cityy Region

The greaater Kansas City area haas 20 four-yeear colleges and ten (100) two-year ccolleges withh an array of pprograms avvailable. Enrrollment is oover 150,0000 students peer semester providing a consistennt flow of weell-educated graduates innto the Kanssas City marrket.

Kansas CCity has the engineeringg workforce tto support thhe nation’s eentrepreneurrial and technologgy-related growth. KC’s prominent eengineering cluster differentiates itseelf from all oother markets attempting tto tap into this industry.

The engineering andd design servvices sector is a $2.3 bil lion industryy in the Kanssas City regi on— 73% aboove the U.S. average. • Kanssas and Misssouri consisttently rank inn the top 25%% of states ffor the perceentage of

sciennce and engiineering gradduates. • Approoximately 1550 engineering-related fiirms employy over 10,0000 engineers in the regio n. • Kanssas City is heeadquarters to internatioonally-recognnized engineeering leadeers including :

Bartleett & West Innc., BHC Rhhodes, Blackk & Veatch, BBurns & McDDonnell, CRB Consultingg Enginneers, GBA, HNTB Commpanies, Olsson Associaates, Shafer,, Kline & Waarren, Terraccon Conssultants, TrannSystems CCorporation, and MRIGloobal as manaager of the NNational Reneewable Energy Lab.

• According to Enggineering Neews Record’ss 2011 Rankkings, KC is home to three (3) of thee top 25, fivve (5) of thee top 100 andd 13 of the t op 500 U.S. Engineeringg and Desig n Firms: Blaack & Veaatch #16, HNNTB #17, Buurns & McDoonnell #20, TTerracon Coonsultants Innc. #38, and TranSSystems Corporation #556.

• A brieef analysis oof education data revealss strong reg ional educattional assetss in the fieldss of biologgy, chemistrry, computerr science, enngineering a nd physics. Not only are a variety oof schoools located i n a close prooximity, but these instituutions help eeducate a larrge number of

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studeents annuallyy. More speecifically, in tthe KC regioon alone, 76 certificates, 173 associaates, 946 bbachelors, 3 39 masters and 97 docttoral degreess were grantted in the afoorementioneed fieldss during 20099-2010.

Engineeering-Relateed Degreess Conferredd in Kansas and Missouuri (Boldface denotes Kan sas City Regioon)

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Mas-ters

Docto-rate

DeVry Univversity-Missouri Kannsas City, MO 2,231 333% 12 18

Grantham UUniversity Kannsas City, MO 8,750 5% 57 65

Hillyard Tecchnical Center St. Joseph, MO 150 778% 14

Hutchinson Community Colleege Huttchinson, KS 5,630 332% 21 13

ITT Technic al Institute Earrth City, MO 1,082 224% 66 15

Jefferson Coollege Hillssboro, MO 6,192 227% 3 24

Johnson Coounty Commun ity Oveerland Park, KSS 20,865 16% 10 19College Kansas City College

y Kansas Commmunity Kannsas City, KS 7,556 221% 8

Kansas Statte University Mannhattan, KS 23,588 559% 35 4446 92 14

Linn State TTechnical Collegee Linnn, MO 1,176 558% 43

Metropolitaan Community CCollege- Kannsas City, MO 827 666% 4 22

MetropolitaLongview

an Community CCollege- Leee's Summit, MO 6,539 15% 3 9

Business && Technology

Metropolitaan Community CCollege- Kannsas City, MO 5,385 14% 5

ate University Sprringfield, MO 6,095 330% 6 21

Maple Woods Missouri Sta

Missouri University of Sciencce & Rolla, MO 7,205 666% 146 7444 344 37

Missouri WWestern State Unniversity St. Joseph, MO 6,095 330% 6 21 Technology

Ozarks Techhnical Communitty College Sprringfield, MO 13,907 16% 5 38

Park Univerrsity Parrkville, MO 12,022 337% 88

Pittsburg Staate University Pittssburg, KS 7,130 555% 1661 50

Saint Louis University St. Louis, MO 17,709 772% 87 3

University oof Central Missoouri Warrensburg, MO 11,351 449% 1004

University oof Kansas Lawwrence, KS 28,697 661% 16 9

University off Missouri Columbia, MO 32,341 669% 3335 75 22

University oof Missouri-Kannsas City Kannsas City, MO 15,259 446% 18 86 34

Washburn UUniversity Toppeka, KS 7,230 442% 144 Washburn U Technology

University Instit y

tute of Toppeka, KS 838 887% 11

Washington University St. Louis, MO 13,820 994% 2 1996 122 42

Wichita Areaa Technical Colleege Wicchita, KS 2,127 559% 45 4

Wichita Statte University Wicchita, KS 14,577 442% 16 1884 124 8

Note: Instituutions located ouutside of the KC rregional area witth fewer than 75 total degrees coonferred for 2009 -2010 in the areaas of biology, cheemistry, phsyics aand comp. sci. wwere not included . Source: Insttitute of Educatioon Sciences, Natiional Center for EEducation Statisttics, College Navvigator, 2009-2010.

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Engineeering-Relateed Degreess Conferredd in Surrounnding States

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nesboro, AR

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Arkansas Sttate University-Newport Newwport, AR 2,102 334% 32 3

Arkansas Teech University Russsellville, AR 9,815 339% 20 63 3

Central Commmunity College Graand Island, NE 7,527 333% 56 33

Des Moines Area Communitty College Dess Moines, IA 24,658 442% 1 39

East Arkanssas Community CCollege Forr 1,505 14% 46rest City, AR

Eastern Iow a Community Coollege Davvenport, IA 9,365 220% 19 16

Hamilton Teechnical College Davvenport, IA 299 778% 45 36

Hawkeye Coommunity Collegge Waterloo, IA 6,658 441% 43

Indian Hills CCommunity Colleege Ottuumwa, IA 5,520 229% 17 45

Iowa State UUniversity Ames, IA 28,682 770% 9886 209

Iowa Westerrn Community C ollege Couuncil Bluffs, IA 6,799 221% 27

ITT Technic al Institute Littlle Rock, AR 638 18% 48

ITT Technic al Institute Okl ahoma City, OK 514 N/A 30

ITT Technic al Institute Ommaha, NE 732 337% 65 66

ITT Technic al Institute Tulssa, OK 602 N/A 46

Kirkwood Coommunity Collegge Ceddar Rapids, IA 18,456 229% 43

Northeast Community Collegge Norrfolk, NE 5,377 449% 9 64

Northeasternn State Universitty Tahhlequah, OK 9,558 228% 444 1

Oklahoma CChristian College Edmmond, OK 2,181 444% 444

Oklahoma CCity Community CCollege Okl ahoma City, OK 14,757 11% 11 55

Oklahoma SState University I nstitute of Okmmulgee, OK 3,888 332% 1449 18Technology

Oklahoma SState University Stilllwater, OK 23,667 559% 31 4000 195 18

Oklahoma SState University-OOklahoma Okl ahoma City, OK 7,647 5% 101City

South East CCommunity Colleege Linccoln, NE 12,242 338% 3 130

Southern Arrkansas Universitty Tech Cammden, AR 1,851 444% 3 28

Southeaster University

rn Oklahoma Staate Durrant, OK 4,172 229% 88 100

Spartan College of Aeronauttics and Tulssa, OK 1,295 443% 60 55Technology

University off Arkansas Fayyetteville, AR 21,405 558% 2332 58 21

University off Arkansas-Ft. S mith Forr 7,751 18% 26t Smith, AR

University off Iowa Iowwa City, IA 29,518 770% 14 2776 65 42

University off Nebraska-Lincooln Linccoln, NE 24,610 664% 4332 117

University off Northern Iowa Ceddar Falls, IA 13,201 667% 622 2 2

University off Oklahoma Norrman, OK 26,476 664% 3221 106 41

University off Tulsa Tulssa, OK 4,185 665% 1114 42 5

Note: Instituutions located ouutside of the KC rregional area witth fewer than 75 total degrees coonferred for 2009 -2010 in the areaas of biology, cheemistry, phsyics aand comp. sci. wwere not included . Source: Insttitute of Educatioon Sciences, Natiional Center for EEducation Statisttics, College Navvigator, 2009-20 10.

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Drury University Sprringfield, MO 5,572 57% 955

Emporia Staate University Emmporia, KS 6,262 40% 3 855 11

Fort Hays S tate University Hayys, KS 11,883 42% 800 8

Grantham UUniversity Kannsas City, MO 8,750 5% 300 51 10

ITT Technic al Institute Earrth City, MO 1,082 24% 67 177

Johnson Coounty Commun ity Oveerland Park, 20,865 16% 31 35College KS Kansas City College

y Kansas Commmunity Kannsas City, KS 7,556 21% 3

Kansas Statte University Manhattan, KS 23,588 59% 1777 46 52

MidAmericaa Nazarene Univversity Olaathe, KS 1,764 51% 99

Missouri Southern State University Jopplin, MO 5,802 35% 17 733

Missouri Staate University Sprringfield, MO 20,472 54% 2225 47

Missouri University of Sciencce & Rollla, MO 7,205 66% 29 1227 56 13Technology

Northwest MMissouri State Unniversity Maryville, MO 7,142 52% 822 45

Pittsburg Staate University Pitttsburg, KS 7,130 55% 866 7

Saint Louis University Saint Louis, MO 17,709 72% 1664 26 28

Cappe Girardeau, Southeast MMissouri State Unniversity 11,033 48% 766 14MOO

Southwesterrn College Winnfield, KS 1,791 52% 844

Truman Statte University Kirkksville, MO 6,035 70% 1771 1

University oof Central Missoouri Waarrensburg, MO 11,351 49% 833 19

University oof Kansas Lawwrence, KS 28,697 61% 3116 53 48

University off Missouri Collumbia, MO 32,341 69% 2 4229 46 65

University oof Missouri-Kannsas City Kannsas City, MO 15,259 46% 2009 69

University off Missouri-Saint Louis St. Louis, MO 16,791 43% 47 1333 70 22

Webster University St. Louis, MO 19,342 65% 788 18

Wichita Statte University Wicchita, KS 14,577 42% 788 26 5

Note: Instituutions located ouutside of the KC rregional area witth fewer than 75 total degrees coonferred for 2009 -2010 in the areaas of biology, cheemistry, physics aand comp. sci. wwere not included . Source: Insttitute of Educatioon Sciences, Natiional Center for EEducation Statisttics, College Navvigator, 2009-20 10.

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Arkansas Sttate University Jonnesboro, AR 13,415 34% 1003 11

Arkansas Teech University Russsellville, AR 9,815 39% 722 17

Bellevue Unniversity Bellevue, NE 10,407 26% 1998 27

Creighton University Ommaha, NE 7,662 77% 1330 32 6

Drake Univeersity Dess Moines, IA 5,616 75% 899

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Grinnell Colllege Grinnell, IA 1,655 88% 788

Iowa State UUniversity Ammes, IA 28,682 70% 3222 103 104

Kirkwood Coommunity Collegge Ceddar Rapids, IA 18,456 29% 37 66

Maharisi University of Managgement Fairfield, IA 1,180 72% 33 94

Northeasternn State Universitty Tahhlequah, OK 9,558 28% 91

Oklahoma CCity Community CCollege Okllahoma City, OKK 14,757 11% 15 108

Oklahoma SState University I nstitute of Okmmulgee, OK 3,888 32% 53 277Technology

Oklahoma SState University Stillwater, OK 23,667 59% 2447 79 31

Tulsa Commmunity College Tulsa, OK 20,577 12% 3 75

University off Arkansas Fayyetteville, AR 21,405 58% 2227 30 41

University off Arkansas-Little Rock Little Rock, AR 13,176 21 6 900 35 15

University off Central Arkansaas Connway, AR 11,444 42 1117 13

University off Central Oklaho ma Edmmond, OK 17,101 36% 1442 3

University off Iowa Iowwa City, IA 29,518 70% 2336 83 98

University off Nebraska-Kearrney Keaarney, NE 6,753 58% 555 52

University off Nebraska-Omaaha Ommaha, NE 14,665 45% 2113 60 5

University off Nebraska-Lincooln Linccoln, NE 24,610 64% 2225 67 43

University off Oklahoma Norrman, OK 26,476 64% 3668 85 47

University off Tulsa Tulsa, OK 4,185 65% 2 533 43 3

Wartburg Coollege Waaverly, IA 1,775 63% 81

Wayne Statee College Waayne, NE 3,569 47% 788

Note: Instituutions located ouutside of the KC rregional area witth fewer than 75 total degrees coonferred for 2009 -2010 in the areaas of biology, cheemistry, phsyics aand comp. sci. wwere not included . Source: Insttitute of Educatioon Sciences, Natiional Center for EEducation Statisttics, College Navvigator, 2009-20 10.

Select MMajor Technnology-Relaated Compaanies in thee Kansas Citty Region CCompany Employees LocationDesscription

Adknowleddge, Inc. Online addvertising Kansas City, MMO 500 Balance Innovations Financial services Lenexa, KS 200

BATS Tradding Inc. Security bbroker Kansas City, MMO 200 Bayer Crop Core Tech ection products mfg.

Bayer Hea Animal Hea

lthCare, alth Division Veterinaryy pharmaceuticaals mfg. Shawnee, KS 1,000

Kansas City, MMO 1,000pScience, nologies Center Crop prott

Bushnell PPerformance Optiics Optics mffg. Overland Park, KS 270

Cerner Corrporation Health caare info systems North Kansas CCity, KS 13,800

CoSentry DData Center IT solutionns

Data Lockeer Data Storrage Solutions Kansas City, MMO 50

EPIQ Systeems, Inc Financial services and ba nkruptcy softwarre Kansas City, KS

FireMon Informatioon security Overland Park, KS 50

FishNet Seecurity Informatioon security and pproduct dev.

Garmin Inteernational Global poositioning systemms mfg. Olathe, KS 2,781

Kansas City, MMO 200

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Kansas City, MMO 500

H&R Blockk Tax prepaaration services Kansas City, MMO 1,027

Handmark Applicatioon development ssoftware Kansas City, MMO 200

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Honeywell Electronic

Aerospace Systems Aircraft coomm. & nav. equuip mfg.

Intouch Soolutions Digital pharma marketing Overland Park, KS 200

Mobilesym metry Mobile seecurity applicationn dev.

Mygistics Traffic preediction technoloogy Kansas City, MMO 50

NetStandard Inc. Managed IT services

Rush Trackking Systems Auto i.d. aand data collectioon solutions Lenexa, KS 50

QC Holdinggs Inc.

Quintiles TTransnational Corrp. Pharmaceeuticals product dev. services Overland Park, KS 900

CCompany Desscription Location Employees

Olathe, KS 2,500

Westwood, KS 10

Kansas City, KSS 200

Finance Kansas City, KSS 500

SKC Commmunication Produucts Telecommmunications equipment Shawnee Missiion, KS 500

Sprint Telecommmunications Overland Park, KS 7,000

Stowers In Medical Re

System Seervices Technology Loan porttfolio services St. Joseph, MOO 100

stitute for esearch Biomedical research centeer Kansas City, MMO 480

TEVA Animmal Health Veterinaryy pharmaceuticaals mfg. & dist. St. Joseph, MOO 340

Equity tra Kansas City, MMO 200 TEVA Neuroscience , Inc. Pharmaceeutical mfg. Kansas City, MMO 300 Tradebot SSystems, Inc ading

Waddell & Reed Inc. Financial services Shawnee Missiion, KS 5,000

Kansas City Regionn Public Traansportatioon Infrastructure Kansas City’s intercconnectedneess throughh its diversee highway infrastructuree makes geetting around thhe city, and surroundingg communit ies, easy annd efficient. With three ((3) Interstatees (I-70, I-35, I-29), fourr (4) interstaate linkagess (I-435, I-6635, I-470, I-670) and ten (10) feederal highwayss, commute times are q uick and painless. Kanssas City boaasts more freeeway-lane miles per capitta than any other U.S. ccity. As one of only five (5) U.S. cities in which three intersstates intersect, soon to haave a fourth,, the region also is a prrime player iin the emergging internattional trade corrridor providding for the eefficient floww of goods aacross Amerrica and bettween the UUnited States, MMexico and CCanada.

Kansas CCity falls beloow the natioonal averagee, 25.3 minuttes, for averrage commute time, withh average commute timmes for the KKansas City , Mo. and Kaan. metro beeing 22.5 minutes.

The Kanssas City Reggion is conn ected by transportation opportunitiees through thhe use of effiicient public buus transit, emmerging bicyycling trails, cconvenient interstate sysstems and aa strong poteential for streett car transit iimplementattion:

TThe Metro—Kansas Cityy area Trannsit Authoritty (KCATA) Bus Syste m TThe Metro buus system is the region’ss premier public transpo rtation servicce. It servess mmost countiess in the metrro area incluuding the maajor cities of Kansas Cityy, Missouri aand KKansas City, Kan. Amennities provideed by the Meetro bus systtem are: • MAX aand Bus Rapid Transit- faster and mmore convennient routes aand stops inn

strategic businesss districts annd transit corrridors. • Bike-NN-Bus- bike racks are avvailable onboard buses and at somee bus stop

locatioons. • Emplooyer Pass D iscounts- heelp reduce e mployees’ ccommuting ccosts and

improve recruitmeent and retenntion by offeering employyees discounnts on alreaddy low-coost bus passses.

BBikeKC TThere is a groowing markeet for bicyclinng transportation opporttunities in thee Kansas Ciity reegion. As a result the B ikeKC initiattive was starrted. The Citty of Kansass City, Mo. plans too continue too implement an extensivve network of bike trails aalong city st reets. The 6600-mmile bicycle faacilities netwwork is located on both eexisting and future city sstreets. The bike rooutes follow local reside ntial streets,, as well as eexisting and planned artterial rooads. The firrst phase of the system will soon be complete a nd will have implementeed a 200-mile segment of signned bicycle rroutes and “sshare the road” signs.

PPotential Strreet Car Traansit TThe Kansas CCity Region has seen many major eeconomic development pprojects within thhe last decadde. Most nootably is the major redevvelopment off downtown Kansas Cityy, MMo., anchoreed by the connstruction off the stunning Kauffman Center for the Performing AArts. These pprojects will soon lead too the formation of a neww means of ppublic trransportationn, the street car. Plans aare underwaay to establissh a Transp ortation DDevelopmentt District thatt will enable the implemeentation of aa two (2) milee long electrric sttreet car sysstem conneccting downtoown Kansas City, Mo.’s eentertainmennt districts. This syystem will suupplement thhe existing ppublic busingg and biking systems.

Kansas City Regionn Air Transpportation The metrropolitan areea is served by 10 majorr commerciaal airlines andd their conn ection partn ers. These caarriers offer aapproximateely 200 daily departures,, with nonstoop service too over 50 destinatioons. It’s easy to travel too either the EEast or West Coasts witthin three (3)) hours.

Source: Kannsas City Aviatioon Department, JJanuary 2012.

The pressence of low--fare airliness, as well as most of the full-service major airlinees, keeps competition up and aairfares downn. Kansas CCity enjoys one of the lowwest-cost airr travel markkets in the country. Traveelers also expperience fewwer delays aat Kansas City International Airport t han most majjor airports.

According to J.D. Poower & Assocciates, Kanssas City Inte rnational Airrport (MCI) rranks highesst among mmedium-sizedd airports, a nd performss particularlyy well in airpoort accessib ility, check-in/baggage check annd security ccheck.

In 2004, Kansas Cityy International Airport coompleted onee of the bigggest capital pprojects in thhe airport's history. A $2258 million " Terminal Improvement PProject" renoovated all three terminalls and addeed new shopps, updated fflight informaation displayys, updated HVAC systeem, new baggagee claim devicces, user-frieendly groundd transportattion kiosks, aa wireless neetwork and captivatinng terrazzo ffloors througghout.

Major Paassenger Caarriers Servving Kansass City

• AAir Canada •• Delta Airr Lines • AAirTran Airwaays •• Frontier Airlines • AAlaska Juneaau Aerona •• Southweest Airlines • AAmerican Airlines •• United AAirlines • CContinental AAirlines •• US Airwaays

Ability too Share faccilities with other estabblished Govvernmental Operations and Increease Collaborrations amoong Commeerce Burea us and Offices in the KKC Region

Kansas CCity has a significant conncentration oof federal offffices with ovver 18,000 eemployees and many suiitable federaally owned a nd/or GSA ccontrolled sppaces. Thesse spaces arre known to have very low rental rates compared t o the rest off the countryy. The Depaartment of Coommerce, thhe National Oceanic and Atmospheeric Administtration and thhe Census BBureau are aa

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few exammples of govvernment ageencies that hhave a KC ppresence. WWith permissiion, the GSAA will initiate a new lease aaction that seets the proceess in motioon.

Ability too Support DDepartmenttal Objectivves, includinng CommerrceConnecct

CommerceConnect wwill continuee to be readilly utilized byy businessess throughoutt the KC reg ion and U.S. The prograam will be prromoted throough a variety of measu res in Kansaas City. For instance,, KCnext, thee technologyy council of ggreater Kan sas City, proovides a widde network oof technologgy resourcess across thee KC region tto assist in tthe implementation of technologicall y focused oobjectives inncluded in thhe USPTO’s 2010-2015 strategic fraamework. KCCnext focuses on recruiting and bui lding employyment, suppporting existi ng technolo gical resour ces in the KKC region annd provides educational and networ king opportuunities to thee technologyy sector.

Various Economic Factors, in cluding Cost of Living and Unemployment RRates of thee City

Labor RRates

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36,688 683,000

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Source: U.SS. Bureau of Labbor Statistics, Novvember 2011.

Cost of Living Indeex

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SA Compo 9 osite Index 99.4 100

Source: Thee Council for Commmunity and Ecoonomic Researc h, ACCRA Cost of Living Index, 22011 Annual.

Income

Kansas United S

City MSA States $50,046

Source: U.SS. Census Bureaau, 2010 Americaan Community Suurvey.

Housingg Costs

MSA Meedian House Income

ehold Per Capita Income $27,377 $26,059

$53,919

Kansas United S

City MSA States

MSA Median S Sing

Sales Price o gle-Family Ho

$135,900 $169,500

of Existing omes

Source: National Associatioon of Realtors, 3QQ 2011.

IDD: 514916 The RReserve

925 GGrand Blvd, KKansas City, MMO 64106 435,6551 SF Classs A Officee Property

Built Inn 1921 Centraal Downttown

Propertyy Details Specific Use:: Govt Lot Size: 1.92 Ac. Owneer Occupied: Floors: 21 Yr Renovated: 2010 Property Mgr: # Office Floo rs: 21 Min Floor Size: 11,800 SF Sprinnkler: Yes Parking Spacces: 500 Max Floor Size: 14,100 SF Latituude: 39.103117

Parking Ratioo: 1.14/1,000 SSF # Passenger Elev: 9 Longgitude: -94.5580553

Core Factor: # Parking Elev: 0 Tenancy: Multi-Tenannt Retail SF:

Comments:

Constructedd in 1921 and addeed to National Hisstoric Register 20008. The historic 211-story Federal Reeserve Bank buildding has been connverted to an elegannt condominium toower called The RReserve.

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IDD: 514916 The RReserve

925 GGrand Blvd, KKansas City, MMO 64106 435,6551 SF Classs A Officee Property

Built Inn 1921 Centraal Downttown

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