Prior to joining PCT, Mr. Pinkos was the former Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Deputy Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).  As Deputy Director of the USPTO from 2004 - 2007, Mr. Pinkos managed an agency with 8,000 employees and a $1.7 billion budget. As a leading IP policy-maker with the Bush Administration, he was responsible for developing and articulating policy positions on all foreign and domestic patent, trademark and copyright issues.

Prior to his USPTO appointment, Mr. Pinkos served in the U.S. Congress for nine years in various senior staff positions, including six years on the staff of the House Committee on the Judiciary under Chairmen Hyde and Congressman Sensenbrenner. As Committee Staff Director and Deputy General Counsel from 2001-2004, Mr. Pinkos managed an ambitious legislative and oversight agenda that included the Congressional consideration of significant IP reforms such as the Patent and Trademark Modernization Act of 2003 (passed the House in 2004), Copyright Arbitration Reform (enacted in 2004), and the Madrid Protocol Implementation Act (Trademark legislation enacted in 2002).