After the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced it's closing its regional office in Denver , longtime employees and those who work in the field of patents are asking what the future holds for them and those who need their services.

About a month ago, the office's regional director resigned after nearly a decade in that role due to changes that were being made by the Trump Administration . Although some of those changes were foreseen, she never imagined that just a few weeks after she left, the Rocky Mountain Regional Office would close.

"There were some people who were locked out of the office, and that's how they found out that they'd lost their jobs," said Molly Kocialski. She's been fielding calls from former colleagues for several days.

Molly Kocialski, former regional

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