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  • Patnaik, Goutam

    Desmarais LLP | Partner

    Gooch partners with innovators to resolve their most challenging intellectual property and commercial matters, with a particular emphasis on patent and trademark disputes. He has particularly deep experience with Section 337 investigations before the International Trade Commission (ITC) and litigation in key patent venues such as the U.S. District Courts for the Western District of Texas, the District of Delaware, and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.
  • Patterson, Jessica

    International Patent Legal Administration, USPTO | Director, International Worksharing Planning and Implementation Office

    Jessica Patterson works in the International Worksharing Planning and Implementation Office in the International Patent Legal Administration at the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
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    Social Good Solutions | Founder & Chief Architect

    Kaci launched Social Good Solutions (SGS) in 2014 after nearly 18 years of working in the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors. Always with an eye toward human and community development, Kaci has designed SGS to work with philanthropic institutions, nonprofit organizations, and public entities to co-create, operationalize and manage strategic initiatives from concept to implementation, using a racial justice and inclusive, democratic framework to guide the work.
  • Patty II, R. Andrew (Drew)

    Phelps Dunbar LLP | Partner

    Mr. Patty is a Partner with the law firm Phelps Dunbar LLP. He leads the firm’s Artificial Intelligence Working Group and is a member of the firm’s Intellectual Property (IP) and Cybersecurity Practice Groups. A graduate of Tulane University and the University of North Carolina School of Law, he has extensive experience in preparing and prosecuting patents in the chemical, medical device and mechanical fields, as well as the software and financial services fields. His chemical experience includes preparation and prosecution in the fields of lithium battery chemistry, organo-metallic chemistry, biocides, catalyst reactions, pharmaceuticals and their intermediates, and bromine chemistry, amongst others.
  • Paul E. Burns

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  • Pedersen, Brad

    EnQuanta | Chief Strategy and Legal Officer

    Brad Pedersen is a seasoned professional with more than 35 years of experience as outside IP counsel at both small and large firms, as in-house IP counsel, and as an inventor and entrepreneur. He has both an in-depth understanding of patent law and patent office proceedings and extensive experience in technology and innovation that enables him to bring real-world practicality to his strategy and legal work. His contributions to the field of IP law include serving as a past Board member of AIPLA and co-authoring a Bloomberg BNA Treatise on the America Invents Act. He is a named inventor on more than two dozen issued U.S. patents ranging from medical devices to unmanned aircraft. He is currently the Chief Strategy and Legal Officer for EnQuanta, a company at the forefront of providing innovative quantum cyber resilience solutions.
  • Pegram-John-2017-200 Pegram, John

    Fish & Richardson P.C. | Of Counsel

    John B. Pegram is Of Counsel at Fish & Richardson P.C., a multi-office law firm concentrating in IP and technology law, based in the New York City office. He received his undergraduate degree from Columbia University and his law degree from New York University.
  • Pelletier, Dean Pelletier, Dean A.

    Pelletier Law | Founder

    Dean has been practicing IP law for 25 years and focuses on leveraging patents and trade secrets. Dean’s litigation, trial and appellate experience includes experience in federal and state courts and at the ITC.
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    Wenderoth | Of Counsel

    Tammy Pennington Rhodes focuses on preparing and prosecuting patent applications related to computer hardware/software systems, communications/networking, and hydrocarbon exploration/production inventions.
  • Pereira, Daniel

    Oblon | Partner

    Daniel Pereira is a partner, Co-Head of the Chemical Practice Group at Oblon, and member of the management committee. His practice focuses on client counseling, portfolio management, patent prosecution, litigation and interferences involving a wide range of technologies including battery materials (including solid electrolytes, solid-state batteries, and anode and cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries), recombinant DNA technology, genetics, immunology, enzymology, medical diagnostics, bioinformatics, microarrays, statistical data analysis, genomics, proteomics, nanotechnology, polymer chemistry, metallurgy, solar technology, imaging, medical devices, optical films, coatings, cosmetics, catalysts, ceramics, alloys, chemical engineering, optical and electronic devices.
  • Jason Perilla Perilla, Jason M.

    Thomas|Horstemeyer, LLP | Partner

    In his practice as a Registered Patent Attorney, Jason’s experience includes the preparation and prosecution of patent applications in various fields, including transmitters and receivers, video processors, software, semiconductor design and manufacturing, medical instruments, power systems, software, and business methods, among others.
  • perlmutter 200 Perlmutter, Shira

    U.S. Copyright Office | Register of Copyrights and Director of the U.S. Copyright Office

    Shira Perlmutter is the Register of Copyrights and Director of the U.S. Copyright Office. She was appointed to the position effective October 25, 2020. Perlmutter leads a workforce of over 400 employees, advises Congress on copyright policy, and directs the administration of important provisions of the United States Copyright Act, Title 17.
  • Perry, Mark

    Weil | Partner

    Mark A. Perry is Co-Head of Weil’s Appeals and Strategic Counseling practice and a member of the Firm’s Complex Commercial Litigation practice. He is a veteran U.S. Supreme Court advocate and legal strategist who focuses on complex business cases in trial and appellate courts around the United States. Mark regularly serves as lead outside appellate counsel to major global companies in their most significant matters. His significant appeals have included most areas of business litigation, including securities, intellectual property, employment, and competition law. He has exceptional experience briefing and arguing cases in the Supreme Court of the United States – including winning landmark decisions in Lucia v. SEC, Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank, and Janus Capital Group v. First Derivative Traders – and the federal courts of appeals. Mark also regularly represents clients in federal district courts, frequently serving as litigation strategist in class actions and other complex commercial cases.
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    Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP | Partner

    Karthika’s practice involves all aspects of technology law with an emphasis on the protection, acquisition, and monetization of intellectual property.
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    Jackson Walker | Partner

    Leisa Talbert Peschel is both an intellectual property trial lawyer and counselor.
  • Peters, Grant

    Barnes & Thornburg LLP | Partner

    Grant Peters is a partner in the Chicago office of Barnes & Thornburg LLP and a registered U.S. Patent Attorney. Grant’s practice focuses on intellectual property strategies including rights planning, creation, management, problem solving, and enforcement. Grant is the go-to resource for patent marking issues and frequently talks on and writes about the topic. Grant also consults with clients on developing and maintaining patent marking programs. Grant has filed, prosecuted, and secured thousands of patents and trademarks domestically and internationally, and uses that experience to counsel clients on IP strategies, risk management, and portfolio design, coordination, and management.
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    PETOŠEVIĆ Group | Chairman and CEO

    Slobodan Petošević is PETOŠEVIĆ Group founder, Chairman and CEO. He has been leading the firm with great success for over 25 years, providing guidance and direction to the senior management team and devising strategies to improve client service.
  • PETROKAITIS square200 Petrokaitis, Joseph

    IBM Corporation | Counsel, IP Law

    Joe Petrokaitis is currently Counsel, IP Law, at IBM Corporation supporting the Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, New York. Joe previously supported IBM's blockchain transactional and patent filing activities. Joe received a B.S.E.E. from the University of Connecticut and a J.D. from Pace University School of Law. He is admitted to practice in New York and Connecticut, and is registered to practice before the USPTO.
  • Philip-Petti-square 200 Petti, Phillip T.

    USG Corporation | Chief Intellectual Property Counsel

    Phil Petti is the Chief Intellectual Property Counsel for the USG Corporation, a member of the Knauf Group, an international leader in residential and commercial building systems. Based at USG's headquarters in Chicago, Illinois, Phil is responsible for USG’s worldwide intellectual property portfolio, licensing, IP litigation, and trade secret protection. This includes protection of USG’s well known SHEETROCK,® DUROCK® and other leading building products and technologies.
  • Peyser_Emily_square 200 Peyser, Emily C.

    Polsinelli | Shareholder

    Emily Peyser partners with clients to offer strategic and comprehensive intellectual property strategies to help procure and protect their patent and trademark portfolios.