The President today announced his intention to nominate Donald W. Peterson to be Deputy Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks, Department of Commerce. He would succeed Donald James Quigg.
Mr. Peterson has been with the Monsanto Co. since 1953, and he has been serving there as an associate general patent counsel since 1981. Previously, he was patent counsel, Agricultural Products Co. (1975-1981); patent counsel, Commercial Products Co. (1972-1975); patent counsel, Polymers & Petrochemicals Co. (1971); trademark counsel (1968-1971); senior attorney (licensing) (1966-1968); patent attorney (1957-1966); patent trainee (1955-1957); and chemical engineer and assistant contracts engineer (1953-1955).
Mr. Peterson graduated from the Missouri School of Mines & Metallurgy (B.S, 1950) and St. Louis University Law School (J.D., 1957). He is married, has one child, and resides in Des Peres, MO. He was born January 31, 1929, in St. Louis, MO.
Ronald Reagan, Nomination of Donald W. Peterson To Be Deputy Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/258298