Margaret Focarino

Margaret A. (Peggy) Focarino was, between November 21, 2013 and January 12, 2014, the head of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) (by delegation, as Commissioner for Patents).^[1] She was appointed in January 2012 after serving as both the Deputy Commissioner for Patents and Deputy Commissioner for Patent Operations.^[2]

Biography

She received a bachelor's degree in physics from the State University of New York at Oswego,^[3] and a Certificate in Advanced Public Management from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University.^[2]

Career

She was the first woman to serve as Commissioner for Patents since the position's creation in 1790, when Thomas Jefferson served as the first Commissioner.^[4]

She received in 2010 one of the two annual American University School of Public Affairs Roger W. Jones Award for Executive Leadership.^[5][6]

In 2012, Managing Intellectual Property named Focarino one of the 50 Most Influential People in the World in Intellectual Property, one of only four women to make the list, and the only woman from the Americas.^[7]

References

1. "Notice of Delegation of Functions and Duties at the USPTO". U.S Patent and Trademark Office. November 21, 2013. Retrieved January 31, 2014.
2. "Margaret A. (Peggy) Focarino | USPTO". 2015-03-25. Retrieved 2016-08-10.
3. "Peggy Focarino '77 Career Highlights". 2012-04-23. Retrieved 2016-08-10.
4. "Focusing on the Future: Focarino Makes History as First Female Commissioner of Patents". Oswego Magazine. State University of New York at Oswego. April 23, 2012. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
5. "Past Recipients of the Roger W. Jones Award for Executive Leadership". www.american.edu. Retrieved 2016-08-10.
6. "Peggy Focarino '77 Career Highlights". Oswego Magazine. State University of New York at Oswego. April 23, 2012. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
7. "Margaret "Peggy" Focarino, USPTO: Making a New US Patent System". Managing IP. July 13, 2012. Retrieved March 6, 2015.

External links

• Margaret A. (Peggy) Focarino, executive biography at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, (archived here: https://web.archive.org/web/20150325194908/http://www.uspto.gov/about-us/executive-biographies/margaret-peggy-focarino)