Dirba, Juliet M.

Juliet Mitchell Dirba is a patent attorney and former Administrative Patent Judge (APJ) at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB).  She specializes in inter partes review (IPR) and other PTAB proceedings, including ex parte appeals during patent prosecution.  Juliet’s practice also includes pre-litigation and patent licensing matters, as well as patent portfolio management, sales, and due diligence.

Juliet has nearly two decades of experience as a patent attorney, and she has worked in private practice, in house, and in public service.  Most recently, an APJ, she presided over nearly 250 inter partes review proceedings, decided more than 200 ex parte appeals, and advised former Director Vidal on requests for Director Review of PTAB decisions.  Prior to her appointment on the PTAB, Juliet was Director of Patents and Licensing at Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), where she worked for seven years.  During her time in house, she was responsible for AMD’s inbound pre-litigation and patent licensing matters, and she advised on the enforcement and monetization of AMD’s patent portfolio.  She began her career prosecuting and litigating patents at Baker Botts and Vinson & Elkins, and she also clerked for Judge Sharon Prost at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

Juliet has a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, and she is comfortable with a wide variety of technologies, including semiconductors, computer architecture, telecommunications, and software.

Her full bio is available at https://smithbaluch.com/our_attorneys/juliet-mitchell-dirba/.