Dan Vavonese is a Group Director for the Trademark Law Offices. He has been with the United States Patent and Trademark Office since 1995, where he has also worked as a Trademark examining attorney, Senior supervisory attorney and Managing attorney. He has served as the Business Architect for Trademarks and has assisted in the planning and development of the Trademarks Next Generation examination system. Dan received his B.S. in Biology from State University of New York at Geneseo, and his J.D from University of Baltimore School of Law.