Continuation of Jeffrey M. Samuels as Assistant Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks at the Department of Commerce

The President today announced his decision to retain Jeffrey M. Samuels to continue to serve as Assistant Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks.

Since 1987 Mr. Samuels has served as Acting Assistant Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks at the Department of Commerce in Washington, DC. Prior to this, he served as managing editor of the Bureau of National Affairs' Patent, Trademark and Copyright Journal, 1982 - 1987; legal editor of the Bureau of National Affairs' Patent, Trademark and Copyright Journal, 1976 - 1982; hearing officer for the New York State Department of Social Services, 1976; and an associate with a general practice law firm, 1975 - 1976.

Mr. Samuels graduated from Colgate University (B.A., 1972) and Albany Law School (J.D., 1975). He was born May 8, 1950, in Brooklyn, NY. Mr. Samuels is married, has two children, and resides in Fairfax,VA.