Leadership team for the Office of the Commissioner for Patents

Biographies

Vaishali Udupa

Commissioner for Patents
Vaishali Udupa is the Commissioner for Patents at the USPTO and serves as the primary agency official for patents, domestically and internationally, and is responsible...

Robin Evans

Deputy Commissioner for Patents
Deputy Commissioner Robin Evans provides executive leadership to quality related offices in charge of training, statistics, process improvement, and stakeholder outreach...

Richard K. Seidel

Deputy Commissioner for Patents
Deputy Commissioner Seidel began his career at the USPTO as a patent examiner, became a Supervisory Patent Examiner, and was promoted to the Senior Executive Service (SES...

Daniel Ryman

Acting Deputy Commissioner for Patents

Dan Ryman serves as Acting Deputy Commissioner for Patents in the Patents business unit. Mr. Ryman works with and provides executive leadership to the Office of...

Brian Hanlon

Acting Deputy Commissioner for Patents

Brian Hanlon serves as Acting Deputy Commissioner for Patents in the Patents business unit. In this role, he is an authority on patent laws, rules, and examining practice...

Irem (Remy) Yucel

Acting Deputy Commissioner for Patents
Remy Yucel serves as the Acting Deputy Commissioner for Patents in the Patents business unit. In this role, Ms. Yucel works with and has oversight over the Office of...