Teresa Stanek Rea is the former Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and former Acting Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).[1]
Rea obtained her Bachelor of Science degree in pharmacy in 1976 from the University of Michigan, and her Juris Doctor degree in 1980 from Wayne State University.[1][2]
She has been a licensed pharmacist in the state of Michigan since 1976[needs update][2][3] and worked for a time as a hospital pharmacist.[2] She worked for Ethyl Corporation from 1980 to 1984 and practiced patent law with the law firms of Crowell & Moring in Washington, D.C., and Burns, Doane, Swecker & Mathis in Alexandria, Virginia.[1][2]
On February 17, 2011, she was appointed to the USPTO as Deputy Director by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke.[4] She assumed the dual roles of Acting Undersecretary and Acting Director after the resignation of David Kappos on February 1, 2013.[1]
Rea resigned from the USPTO on November 21, 2013.[5] Upon Rea's resignation, Commissioner for Patents Margaret A. (Peggy) Focarino began performing the functions and duties of the Under Secretary/Director and Deputy Under Secretary/Deputy Director of the USPTO[5] until Michelle K. Lee took office on March 12, 2015.
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