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United
States Patent and Trademark Office
Welcome
Welcome
to the USPTO's Office of General Counsel. The OGC is headed by James Toupin,
General Counsel, who is responsible for overall management of the division
and acts as the Under Secretary and Director’s principal legal advisor
in assuring the provision of legal advice and representation for the agency.
For information concerning the services provided by this office, please
call 703-308-2000 or visit our Website.
Additional contact information can be accessed at our Website contact
page.
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Office
Description
The Office of General Counsel (OGC), which has approximately 250 employees,
consists of five organizations that are concerned with legal review of
agency decisions, defense of agency decisions in court and administrative
tribunals, internal agency legal advice, and regulation of persons practicing
before the USPTO. These five organizations are the Office of the Solicitor,
the Office of General Law, the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences
(BPAI), the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB), and the Office of
Enrollment and Discipline (OED).
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