Peggy Focarino ’77 Career Highlights

Career Highlights

January 2012 to present
Commissioner for Patents, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

2008 to 2011
Deputy Commissioner for Patents, USPTO

1989 to 2008
Supervisory Patent Examiner, USPTO

1977 to 1989
Patent Examiner, USPTO

Awards

Department of Commerce Bronze Medal Award, 1993

Certificate in Advanced Public Management, Syracuse University Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, 1998

Department of Commerce Silver Medal, 2010

American University School of Public Affairs Roger W. Jones Award for Executive Leadership, 2010

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