What counsel want from the new USPTO director

Patrick Wingrove

January 06 2021

Lawyers at Novartis, Siemens, Honeywell, Salesforce and elsewhere lay out the qualities and experience they think the new IP office head should have

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Patrick Wingrove

Deputy managing editor Managing IP

Patrick assists with editorial agenda management, and regularly reports on patent-related issues, including FRAND, supplementary protection certificates and patent eligibility, as well as trade secrets. He also chairs industry events and produces conference newspapers.

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