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Note: a Dickinson served in analogous role as Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks beginning in 1998. That position was transformed into the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office effective January 17, 2001.
A patent agent can only act in a representative capacity in patent matters presented to the USPTO, and may not represent a patent holder or applicant in a court of law. To be eligible for taking the patent bar exam, a candidate must possess a degree in "engineering or physical science or the equivalent of such a degree". [ 93 ]
The position of Under Secretary and Director of the United States Patent Office was created by the Patent and Trademark Office Efficiency Act, [2] which was signed into law by President Bill Clinton on November 29, 1999. It was made effective January 17, 2001, by Department of Commerce Department Organization Order (DOO) no. 10-14. [3]
The Commissioner of Patents may refer to: Commissioner of Patents (Australia) Commissioner of Patents (Canada) Commissioner for Patents (US) who oversees the United States Patent and Trademark Office and reports to the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property. List of people who have headed the United States Patent Office
This category contains people who served as Commissioners of Patents for the United States Patent Office (and later of the United States Patent and Trademark Office).
President Bill Clinton appointed Dickinson Deputy Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks in June 1998, and he became the Acting Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks on January 1, 1999, succeeding Bruce Lehman. Dickinson was nominated for Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks by President Clinton on July 31, 1999. [7]
Lehman, Bruce (born 1945), former U.S. Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks Lemelson, Jerome H. (1923–1997), controversial American inventor and patent holder, associated with submarine patents M
He served in that office only during the Carter Administration from 1978 to 1979. After his time as Commissioner of Patents he entered private practice with the firm now known as Banner & Witcoff. [4] He also served as director of the Patent Law Division at John Marshall Law School. [5] He died on January 29, 2006, in Tucson, Arizona. [6]