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Coke Morgan Stewart tapped as USPTO deputy director by Trump administration

By Melissa Ritti ( January 20, 2025, 22:23 GMT | Insight) -- O’Melveny & Myers senior counsel Coke Morgan Stewart was sworn in today as Deputy Undersecretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Deputy Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office shortly after President Donald J. Trump took the oath of office a second time, the USPTO confirmed to MLex. In an op-ed this fall, she predicted that while the new administration will listen to “reasonable tech voices,” she expects “the needs of start-ups, small businesses, and independent inventors” to be the priority.O’Melveny & Myers senior counsel Coke Morgan Stewart was sworn in today as Deputy Undersecretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Deputy Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office shortly after President Donald J. Trump took the oath of office a second time, the USPTO confirmed to MLex....

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