James Wilson
Assistant Regional Director, Elijah J. McCoy Midwest Regional Office of the USPTO
James O. Wilson, Assistant Regional Director of the Elijah J. McCoy Midwest Regional Office, has been an employee of the USPTO since January 1989. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in zoology from Howard University in 1984 and a Master of Science degree in cellular and molecular biology from the University of Michigan in 1987.
Wilson has served on the Executive Board of the Patent and Trademark Office Society and continues to be an active member of the organization. As a primary examiner, Wilson served as a Chemical Representative in the Patent Office Professional Association. Wilson became a supervisory patent examiner (SPE) in Technical Center 1600 in 2002. In 2007, Wilson served as a managerial detailee in the Office of the Commissioner for Patents.
Over the years, SPE Wilson has been an instructor for several classes in the Patent Examiner Initial Training Program and has served as an SPE Instructor in the Office of Patent Training. Wilson has also had the distinction of serving as an Acting Director in Technology Center 1600 from November 2013 through March 2014, as well as the Acting Director of the Elijah J. McCoy Midwest Regional Office from October 2018 through September 2019.