In his spacious, ninth-floor Crystal City office, James Rogan is in his element. – From floor to ceiling, blanketing every wall, are yellowing political posters: Reagan for Governor; Nixon/Agnew; George Bush for Senate-samples from an enormous collection of political memorabilia the former California congressman began amassing at age 10.

Sworn in as director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in December, Rogan, 44, represents a new kind of leader for the agency, neither a patent nor trademark specialist, but, as his taste in decor makes clear, a political animal.

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