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Patent Agents Committee
The Patent Agent Committee will seek to promote the value and role of patent agents as part of IPO’s mission in promoting high quality and enforceable intellectual property rights. Specifically, the Committee will:
- Provide a unique networking opportunity for patent agents and champions thereof;
- Promote awareness about the value of patent agents;
- Develop and implement a curriculum for career development with regards to patent preparation and prosecution, opinion work, and related strategy
- Partner with attorney allies for developing and implementing a curriculum for improving awareness of implications of patent preparation and prosecution on agreements, oppositions, mergers and acquisitions, and the like
Chair:Priscilla T. Reyes, Shell USA, Inc.
Vice Chair:Gabriel Magallanes, Eli Lilly and Co.
Secretary:Pedro Altoé, Daniel Law
Board Liaison:Daniel Enebo, Cargill, Incorporated
Staff Liaison:Hannah Denny, Intellectual Property Owners Association
Members
- Sahana AnnadoraiBoulware & Valoir
- Kristen ArientiJohnson & Johnson
- Renu BalaS.S. Rana & Co.
- David Wayne DockterChevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC
- Scott DybwadBorden Ladner Gervais, LLP
- Wayne EvansXerox Corp.
- Daniela FasoliSimoes IP Law Firm
- Robert GerhartBarnes & Thornburg LLP
- Mike GolinTenneco LLC
- Tina GonkaSiemens Corp.
- Julian Philipp GrafKuhnen & Wacker IP Law Firm PartG MbB
- Jordyn GraweHarness IP
- Brigitte HajosThermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
- Vanessa HalleNico Halle & Co. Law Firm
- Kate HelmichCargill, Incorporated
- Jonathan HewettLewis Silkin LLP
- Janet Diane HoodSiemens Energy, Inc.
- Crystal JonesKoch Industries Inc.
- Melissa KarabinisAmgen, Inc.
- Lucas KinardCaterpillar Inc.
- Lynn LinkowskiBASF Corporation
- Yuefei MaFinnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
- Stephanie MajkutBanner & Witcoff, Ltd.
- Elizabeth MogensenFaegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
- Valerie Moore
- Maria Angelica PardavellClarkeModet Mexico
- Constance PielechShell USA, Inc.
- Adrian Pishko3M Innovative Properties Co.
- Marianne RaphaelCWB Management Services LLC
- Daniel RivaltiFinnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
- Augusto RodríguezClarkeModet Mexico
- Carlos Alberto Aldahir Romaní YerrénMertz Peru
- Stosch SaboIBM Corp.
- Shubhrangshu SenguptaUS Conec, Ltd.
- Robert D. SheredaEli Lilly and Co.
- Warren SmithMaine Cernota & Curran
- Steven SturlisBarnes & Thornburg LLP
- ShinYuan TanCSAsia IP Pte Ltd.
- Jonathan L. Tolstedt3M Innovative Properties Co.
- Patricia L. TwaddleKenvue
- Deborah VandenHoffShell USA, Inc.
- Andrew WalshRTX Corporation
- Steven WiemerFaegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
- SHENBIN WUJianq Chyun IP Office
- David W. WynnKenvue
- Evan ZimmermanEdge Innovations, Inc.
- Non-Voting Member:Toby Mak, Tee & Howe Intellectual Property Attorneys
- Non-Voting Member:Rhuan Quintanilha, RNA Law
- Non-Voting Member:Kathy K. Takeguchi, Robert Bosch LLC
