Leadership team for the Office of the Commissioner for Patents

Biographies

Barry J. Schindler

Acting Commissioner for Patents
Barry J. Schindler serves as Acting Commissioner for Patents at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), where he provides executive leadership for the...

Greg Vidovich

Deputy Commissioner for Patents

Mr. Vidovich oversees patent examining functions in Tech. Centers 1700 and 2800, as well as Application Processing, Systems Administration, Patent Financial Management...

Robin Evans

Deputy Commissioner for Patents
Deputy Commissioner for Patents Evans provides executive leadership for patent-examining functions in Technology Centers 1600 and 3600, and oversees Patent Training...

Stefanos Karmis

Acting Deputy Commissioner for Patents

Mr. Karmis oversees the Office of Patent Legal Administration, the Office of Petitions, the Office of Patent Quality Assurance, the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure...

Daniel (Dan) Ryman

Acting Deputy Commissioner for Patents

Mr. Ryman provides executive oversight for divisions in the Office of International Patent Cooperation, which lead Patents’ efforts related to international IP...

Andrew Wang

Acting Deputy Commissioner for Patents

Drew Wang serves as an acting Deputy Commissioner for Patents, overseeing OITP and OAPP. In this role he is the focal point for patents IT initiatives and for application...