Schick, Ian

Ian C. Schick, PhD, Esq, is a patent attorney by training having spent 10 years in private practice, primarily at the Pillsbury firm. Since leaving practice 3 years ago, Ian has dedicated himself to improving patent practice as well as the practice experience for patent professionals. Ian is co-founder and CEO of Specifio, a technology company developing AI-based technology to assist in patent preparation by automating substantial portions of the drafting project. Ian is also founder and CEO of the recently-launched Draft Builders, a services company providing outsourced preparation of patent applications and office action responses using the latest in patent-focused technologies and a vetted network of US-based patent practitioners. Ian is active in the patent community through thought leadership and trade associations like AIPLA. Ian is vice-chair of AIPLA's Emerging Technologies Committee working very closely with the AI subcommittee and Practice Innovation subcommittee. Ian is a Fellow at Stanford Law School's CodeX Center for Legal Informatics where he directs research on machine-generated legal documents.