Barry J. Schindler serves as a Deputy Commissioner for Patents at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), where he provides executive leadership and strategic direction for the Office of Information Technology for Patents, the Office of Application Processing for Patents, and Technology Center 2400. In this role, he helps guide the USPTO’s patent operations through a period of rapid technological change, with a particular focus on information technology, generative AI, and process innovation.
Mr. Schindler brings more than 30 years of experience at the intersection of patent law, emerging technology, and business strategy. His background spans patent prosecution, intellectual property protection, artificial intelligence and machine learning, software and internet-based systems, search technologies, and database systems. He has worked extensively on how new technologies can be applied thoughtfully to improve quality, efficiency, and scalability in patent-related workflows.
Before joining the USPTO, Mr. Schindler served as Co-Chair of Greenberg Traurig LLP’s Global Patents and Innovation Strategies Group, a practice of more than 150 USPTO-registered attorneys and agents supporting thousands of domestic and foreign patent applications. In that role, he helped lead a global patent platform serving both major corporations and high-growth startups navigating complex innovation landscapes.
Over the course of his career, Mr. Schindler has advised clients across a broad range of advanced technologies, including AI and machine learning, AgriTech, FoodTech, fintech, cloud computing, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, materials science, and medical devices. He has secured hundreds of U.S. patents and worked closely with foreign counsel in China, France, Germany, Japan, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, the United Kingdom, and other jurisdictions to help build and protect worldwide patent portfolios.
Mr. Schindler also served on the committee advising the New Jersey Supreme Court on the use of generative AI, contributing practical insight on responsible governance, ethics, and the integration of AI into professional practice.
Mr. Schindler earned a B.S. in Chemical Engineering (Process Control) from Cornell University and a J.D. from the University of Houston Law Center.