The director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
("USPTO"), Michelle K. Lee, recently announced that she
plans to hear a case at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Ms. Lee was confirmed by the Senate as head of the USPTO in March
2015. Before joining the UPSTO, Ms. Lee worked as legal
counsel for Google and was a partner at the law firm of Fenwick
& West LLP. Ms. Lee holds a J.D. from Stanford Law
School, as well as degrees in electrical engineering and computer
science from M.I.T.
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