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John Sandage

Deputy Director General, Patents and Technology Sector, WIPO

Deputy Director General John Sandage (U.S.) oversees the Patents and Technology Sector. This includes managing: the PCT International Patent System; the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center support for the Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP); and, legislative advice to member states. Mr. Sandage joined WIPO as DDG in December 2014 from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.