List of people who have headed the United States Patent Office
December 02, 2023
Following is a list of persons who have headed the United States Patent Office. The title associated with this function has changed over time, from Superintendent of Patents to Commissioner of Patents to Undersecretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property. The duties of the office have also evolved significantly, including coming to encompass the supervision of trademark issuance as well as that of patents.
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.
Referencesedit
^"Past USPTO Leaders". U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Retrieved February 10, 2018.
^ abcDobyns, Kenneth (1994). The Patent Office Pony: A History of the Early Patent Offices. Fredericksburg, VA: Seargeant Kirkland's Press. p. 23-24. ISBN1887901132.
^Patent Act of 1793 transferred responsibility for patents to the Secretary of State
^ abcdefghi"Directors of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office". August 29, 2014.
^Title of office changed from Superintendent to Commissioner on July 4, 1836.
^Fucito, Paul (February 8, 2018). "Andrei Iancu Begins Role as New Director of United States Patent and Trademark Office". U.S Patent and Trademark Office. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
^"Director Andrei Iancu has stepped-down as PTO Director". Patently-O. Retrieved March 1, 2021.
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Following is a list of persons who have headed the United States Patent Office The title associated with this function has changed over time from Superintendent of Patents to Commissioner of Patents to Undersecretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property The duties of the office have also evolved significantly including coming to encompass the supervision of trademark issuance as well as that of patents Patent Office Head 1 Beganservice EndedserviceCommissioners for the Promotion of Useful Arts or Patent Board 2 Edmund Randolph Henry Knox Thomas Jefferson 1790 1793Secretary of State 3 2 Edmund Randolph 1794 1795Timothy Pickering 1795 May 12 1800John Marshall May 13 1800 March 4 1801James Madison March 5 1801 1802Superintendent of Patents 4 2 William Thornton June 1 1802 March 28 1828Thomas P Jones April 12 1828 June 10 1829John D Craig June 11 1829 February 1 1835James Chamberlayne Pickett February 1 1835 May 1835Commissioner of Patents Patent Act of July 4 1836 4 Henry L Ellsworth July 8 1835 April 1 1845 5 Edmund Burke May 4 1845 1849Thomas Ewbank May 9 1849 1852Silas H Hodges November 8 1852 1853Charles Mason May 16 1853 August 5 1857Joseph Holt September 10 1857 Mar 1859William Darius Bishop May 27 1859 1860Philip F Thomas February 16 1860 December 10 1860David P Holloway March 28 1861 1865Thomas Clarke Theaker August 17 1865 January 20 1868Elisha Foote July 29 1868 Mar 1869Samuel S Fisher April 26 1869 November 10 1870Mortimer D Leggett January 16 1871 1874John M Thacher November 4 1874 October 1 1875Robert Holland Duell October 1 1875 1877Ellis Spear January 30 1877 1878Halbert Eleazer Paine November 1 1878 1880Edgar M Marble May 7 1880 1883Benjamin Butterworth November 1 1883 1885Martin Van Buren Montgomery March 23 1885 1887Benton Jay Hall April 12 1887 1889Charles Elliott Mitchell April 1 1889 1891William E Simonds August 1 1891 1892John S Seymour March 31 1893 1897Benjamin Butterworth April 7 1897 1898Charles Holland Duell February 3 1898 1901Frederick Innes Allen April 11 1901 1907Edward Bruce Moore 1907 1913Thomas Ewing 1913 1917James T Newton 1917 1920Robert Frederick Whitehead 1920 1921Melvin H Coulston 1921 1921Thomas E Robertson 1921 1933Conway Peyton Coe 1933 September 14 1945Casper W Ooms September 15 1945 1947Lawrence C Kingsland 1947 1949John A Marzall 1949 1953Robert C Watson 1953 1961David Lowell Ladd 1961 1963Edward J Brenner 1964 1969William E Schuyler Jr 1969 1971Robert Gottschalk 1972 1973Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks PL 93 596 of January 2 1975 4 C Marshall Dann 1974 1977Donald W Banner 1978 1979Sidney A Diamond 1979 1981Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks Public Law 97 366 of October 25 1982 4 Gerald J Mossinghoff 1981 1985Donald J Quigg 1985 1990Harry F Manbeck Jr 1990 1992Bruce A Lehman August 5 1993 1998Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the U S Patent and Trademark Office American Inventor s Protection Act of November 29 1999 4 Q Todd Dickinson 1998 January 19 2001Nicholas P Godici Acting January 2001 November 30 2001 4 James E Rogan December 10 2001 January 9 2004Jon Dudas 2004 November 14 2008 4 John J Doll Acting November 15 2008 August 12 2009 4 David Kappos August 13 2009 January 31 2013Teresa Stanek Rea Acting February 1 2013 January 12 2014Michelle K Lee January 13 2014 June 7 2017Joseph Matal Acting June 7 2017 February 8 2018 4 Andrei Iancu February 8 2018 6 January 19 2021 7 Drew Hirshfeld performing the duties of Director January 19 2021 April 13 2022Kathi Vidal April 13 2022 Present 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 References edit Past USPTO Leaders U S Patent and Trademark Office Retrieved February 10 2018 a b c Dobyns Kenneth 1994 The Patent Office Pony A History of the Early Patent Offices Fredericksburg VA Seargeant Kirkland s Press p 23 24 ISBN 1887901132 Patent Act of 1793 transferred responsibility for patents to the Secretary of State a b c d e f g h i Directors of the U S Patent and Trademark Office August 29 2014 Title of office changed from Superintendent to Commissioner on July 4 1836 Fucito Paul February 8 2018 Andrei Iancu Begins Role as New Director of United States Patent and Trademark Office U S Patent and Trademark Office Retrieved February 9 2018 Director Andrei Iancu has stepped down as PTO Director Patently O Retrieved March 1 2021 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of people who have headed the United States Patent Office amp oldid 1131846813, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
