Love him or loathe him, few USPTO directors have left an impression like Iancu Andrei Iancu confronted many of the big issues facing the US patent system, leaving a legacy that will be applauded by many rights owners but scorned by parts of the tech community How IP stakeholders view Andrei Iancu’s time in charge of the USPTO might be something of a Rorschach test for the state of the US patent system overall. If you’re of the opinion that it was heading in the wrong direction before he took over, then you will no doubt view his time in charge as a much-needed rebalancing - three years of giving the patent pendulum a helpful shove in the opposite direction.