According to the United States Senate website, President Donald Trump has officially nominated John Squires to be the next Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The nomination was transmitted to the Senate on March 10 and referred to the Judiciary Committee. Squires has been rumored to be the pick for USPTO Director for several weeks. He is currently Chair of the Emerging Companies and IP practice at Dilworth Paxson and former Chief IP Counsel at Goldman Sachs from 2000 to 2008. Squires also was a partner with Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP in New York and with Perkins Coie before that.
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