Peter S. Wong
Peter Wong is an Executive Director of the intellectual property law firm WPAT, PC. Mr. Wong manages the firm's client portfolios and advises clients on intellectual property portfolios management. Mr. Wong also counsels and assists clients on issues regarding prosecution procedures at the USPTO and implementing any IP related training programs.
Prior to WPAT, P.C., Mr. Wong devoted his career at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Mr. Wong was a Group Director in Technology Center 2100 (computer software, hardware and information security) at the USPTO. In this capacity, he led and managed a team of 50 managers, over 700 patent examiners and technical support staffs. Mr. Wong joined the USPTO in 1977 from the Department of Defense where Mr. Wong was a project engineer and participated in the Remote-Pilotless-Vehicle (RPV) Reconnaissance project and other Data Acquisition projects for Army helicopters.
Mr. Wong had examined patent applications in the areas of power conversion and regulation systems, motor structure, and battery charging and discharging systems. Within 5 years of joining USPTO, Mr. Wong’s outstanding performance had promoted him to the position of primary patent examiner. He was subsequently promoted to the position of senior patent examiner, one of the highest positions as an examiner. Mr. Wong then became a supervisory patent examiner (SPE) for areas in computer bus architecture, interrupt processing & access control.
With his extensive patent examining experience, Mr. Wong partook significant roles at the Office of Patent Quality Review as a quality review examiner, where Mr. Wong made numerous recommendations to improve the quality of USPTO’s products and services. To further contribute his knowledge in patent application procedures to the public, Mr. Wong participated in intellectual property related legislation with the Office of the Assistant Commissioner for Patents, where Mr. Wong worked closely on various aspects of the new American Inventors Protection Act (AIPA) legislation including Pre-Grant Publication and Alternative Fee Study.
Mr Wong pioneered various training programs at the USPTO. He was the founder of Technology Center 2800 Examiner Development Program which hosted numerous training seminars, such as, “Road Map to Success in the USPTO? “How to be Successful in the Signatory Authority Program? In 1999, Mr. Wong was the ambassador for the USPTO to Taiwan, Republic of China, and lectured on patent examining procedures at the Republic of China Intellectual Property Office (IPO) to Taiwanese patent examiners and attorneys.
Mr. Wong received his Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Fairleigh Dickinson University in 1974. After that, Mr. Wong continued his extensive graduate study in Digital Computer Design at Fairleigh Dickinson University. He also received a Graduate Certificate in Advanced Public Management from Syracuse University, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.
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