John J. Doll

John J. Doll was the Acting United States Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Acting director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) since the resignation of Jon W. Dudas on January 20, 2009.^[1][2] Before that, he was Commissioner for Patents at the USPTO. He joined the Patent and Trademark Office in 1974.^[2]

The following remarks are from the USPTO publication "PTO Today," dated July/August 2001:

"John Doll has been with the United States Patent and Trademark Office for 27 years. John received his BS in Chemistry and Physics from Bowling Green State University and his MS in Physical Chemistry from Pennsylvania State University. As a patent examiner, in Art Unit 117, he examined applications encompassing pharmaceuticals, herbicides, pesticides and dyestuffs. As a supervisory patent examiner, in Art Units 113, 189B and 1806, he was responsible for the examination of applications drawn to a variety of arts including inorganic chemistry, hydrometallurgy, zeolite catalysts, semiconductor precursors, buckministerfullerenes, proteins, and peptides. In 1992, he became the deputy director of Group 110, the Chemical/Chemical Engineering Patent Examination Group, and in 1995, he became the director of Group 1800, the Biotechnology Patent Examination Group." "In 1995, John directed the development and implementation of the 35 USC 101 Utility Guidelines, and in 1996, he directed the development and implementation of the 35 USC 112, paragraph 1, Enablement Examiner Training Materials. For the past several years, he has been intimately involved with the development and implementation of the 35 U.S.C. 101 Utility Guidelines and the 35 USC 112, paragraph 1, Written Description Guidelines, as well as the associated Examiner Training Materials."

References

External links

• JohnJDoll.com - Patent Consulting Website
• Biography on the USPTO web site
• PTO Today July/August 2001