When House Republicans wanted to pass patent reform last year, the job of educating the party’s members on the issue fell mainly to Steve Pinkos, policy director and general counsel in the office of Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.).
Not only does Pinkos work day to day with House Republicans in the office he calls the “nerve center” for the party’s agenda, he spent three years at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office during the George W. Bush administration, including a time as deputy director.
