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{{Infobox official post
| post           = United States<br>Under Secretary of Commerce<br>for Intellectual Property
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| flagsize       = 150
| insignia       = Seal of the United States Department of Commerce.svg
| insigniasize   = 120
| image          = Kathi Vidal, USPTO Director (cropped).jpg
| incumbent      = [[Kathi Vidal]]
| incumbentsince = April 19, 2022
| formation      = January 17, 2001
| first          = [[Q. Todd Dickinson]]
| website        = {{URL|www.uspto.gov}}
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The '''Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property''', or '''USC(IP)''', is a senior official in the [[United States Department of Commerce]] and the principal advisor to the [[United States Secretary of Commerce]] on the [[intellectual property]] matters. In tandem, the Under Secretary  is also the Director of the [[United States Patent and Trademark Office]] within the Commerce Department, filling dual roles.<ref name="a">{{cite web | title=Executive Bio print - Dudas | url=http://www.uspto.gov/biographies/bio_dudas.htm |access-date= September 16, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070819134950/http://www.uspto.gov/biographies/bio_dudas.htm |archive-date = August 19, 2007}}</ref>

The Under Secretary is appointed by the [[President of the United States]], with the consent of the [[United States Senate]], to serve at the pleasure of the President. President Trump nominated Andrei Iancu to fill the position on August 25, 2017.<ref>{{cite web|title=USPTO Update from John Cabeca, Silicon Valley Director | date=14 September 2017 |url=http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2017/09/14/uspto-update-john-cabeca-silicon-valley-director/id=87951/}}</ref> He was confirmed on February 5, 2018, with a 94-0 vote. He left office on January 20, 2021.<ref>{{cite tweet|number=1351952729678209026|user=uspto|title=As of noon today, Commissioner for Patents Drew Hirshfeld began performing the functions and duties of the Under Se…<!-- full text of tweet that Twitter returned to the bot (excluding links) added by TweetCiteBot. This may be better truncated or may need expanding (TW limits responses to 140 characters) or case changes. --> |date=20 January 2021}}</ref>