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U.S. Patent Office Practice Committee
The Committee will work to improve patent prosecution practice in the USPTO. To that end, the
Committee will:
1. Study and report on changes in patent practice proposed by the USPTO, with special attention to pre-grant practice. When appropriate, the Committee will propose comments on suggested changes in patent practice.
2. Survey the Committee membership for feedback on and changes to patent practice that can be recommended to the USPTO for implementation; collect, analyze, and report to appropriate USPTO officials feedback including suggestions and proposals for changes to patent practice and develop recommendations for changes in the Patent Act. The Committee will identify the most important changes and support IPO’s government relations team where appropriate as they work with relevant government officials and the legislature to have such changes implemented.
3. Foster additional dialog between IPO and the USPTO by holding periodic meetings with the Commissioner for Patents and other executives.
4. Work with other Patent Division Committees to conform U.S. patent practice to international standards, and to coordinate other activities relevant to this Committee’s charter with those Division Committees
5. Organize, sponsor and co-sponsor educational sessions on patent practice, including assisting in planning IPO’s Spring Summit and Annual Meeting.
Chair:Lesley Leonessa, Dell Technologies
Chair:Benjamin Searle, HP Inc.
Vice Chair:Kevin Hawkes, IPTechLaw
Vice Chair:David Easwaran, K&L Gates
Vice Chair:Ron Ventola, Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP
Vice Chair:Erica Navar, Polsinelli
Secretary:Christopher Cauble, Harness IP
Secretary:Jon Chiodo, Johnson & Johnson
Staff Liaison:Samantha J. Grover, Intellectual Property Owners Association
Members
- Gunjan AgarwalEaton Corporation - Cleveland, OH (116100)
- Thomas E. AndersonWilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, LLP
- Kalish BellGreenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C.
- Robert S. Blasi, Jr.Danielson Legal LLC
- Dave BourgeauKolitch Romano Dascenzo Gates LLC
- Erik BoydGuntin & Gust
- Courtenay C. BrinckerhoffFoley & Lardner LLP
- Jonathan BurnsGoogle LLC
- Marlena BurtThomas|Horstemeyer, LLP
- Carlyn BurtonOsha Bergman Watanabe & Burton LLP
- James CarpenterFaegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
- Daniel CarterHP Inc.
- John CecconiGray Ice Higdon, PLLC
- Rachel ChavesKenvue
- Charles ChesneyQualcomm Incorporated
- Nikita ChubHewlett Packard Enterprise
- Jason ConwayStinson LLP
- Justin CulbertsonKnobbe Martens
- Raymond DossAmgen, Inc.
- Brian J. EmfingerBanner & Witcoff, Ltd.
- Chris FrancisBrooks Kushman P.C.
- Jeffrey D. FrantzSLB
- Douglas GallagherLadas & Parry LLP
- Christine GreeneLathrop GPM
- Eric GreenwaldMerck & Co Inc.
- Michael HaasKoninklijke Philips N.V.
- Kate HelmichCargill, Incorporated
- Janet Diane HoodSiemens Energy, Inc.
- Marylee JenkinsArent Fox LLP
- Laura JohannesAbbVie
- Kim JordahlDana-Farber Cancer Institute
- Joseph Kallie
- William KehoeBakerHostetler
- Darrell KinderApple Inc.
- Yasutsugu KoharaToshiba America, Inc.
- Michael KoptiwCondo Roccia Koptiw LLP
- Vivek KrishnanMedtronic, Inc.
- Blake K. KumabeSeed IP Law Group LLP
- Stephanie M. LawleyLeydig, Voit & Mayer
- Chris LightnerAlston & Bird LLP
- Jason LinkDow Chemical Co.
- Matthew E. MarroneMcAndrews, Held & Malloy, Ltd.
- Alan MarshallDority & Manning, P.A.
- Roland G. McAndrewsBookoff McAndrews PLLC
- Sean McDowellIPTechLaw
- Kelly McGlashenRobert Bosch LLC
- Elizabeth A. McGrawEli Lilly and Co.
- Heather MolleurMicron Technology, Inc.
- Matthew MurtlandGray Ice Higdon, PLLC
- Danny PadysViksnins Harris Padys Malen LLP
- Milin PatelHewlett Packard Enterprise
- Daniel PierronWiderman Malek
- Mark V. PolyakovWood Phillips LLP
- Arvind Reddy
- Fraser RowandRowand LLP
- Benjamin SearleHP Inc.
- Sanjesh SharmaJohnson & Johnson
- Colleen ShovlinHarness IP
- Barbara SklibaAdeia
- Derek SomogyCaterpillar Inc.
- Adam R. StephensonIPTechLaw
- Tyler TassoneSterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox, PLLC
- Mary TillFinnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
- Yoni TorchmanTorchman I.P.
- Mary VanAttenBristol Myers Squibb Company
- Paul VogelShook, Hardy & Bacon LLP
- Bryan L. Walker3M Innovative Properties Co.
- Peter S. WeissmanBlank Rome LLP
- Stephen S. WentslerWentsler LLC
- Stephen WhitesideThermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
- Thomas WongMicrosoft Corporation
- Jeff WoodworthHP Inc.
- Richard WydevenRothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck
- Jing YeThermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
- Masako YoshidaHSML P.C.
- Non-Voting Member:K. Nicole Clouse, Generate:Biomedicines
- Non-Voting Member:Joshua L. Davenport, Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
- Non-Voting Member:Alejandro Echeverria, Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP
- Non-Voting Member:David A. Gass, Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP
- Non-Voting Member:Aamir Haq, Hewlett Packard Enterprise
- Non-Voting Member:Phil Harris, Holland & Hart LLP
- Non-Voting Member:Maggie Chunxiang Huang, Bardehle Pagenberg Partnerschaft MbB
- Non-Voting Member:Jennifer Rice Knight, Clements Bernard Walker
- Non-Voting Member:Laura A. Labeots, Lathrop GPM
- Non-Voting Member:Eric Lin, Patlytics
- Non-Voting Member:Jessica Pazdan, HP Inc.
- Non-Voting Member:John T. Pienkos, Amundsen Davis, LLC
- Non-Voting Member:Mark V. Polyakov, Wood Phillips LLP
- Non-Voting Member:Rhuan Quintanilha, RNA Law
- Non-Voting Member:Wil Rao, McAndrews, Held & Malloy, Ltd.
- Non-Voting Member:Kaveh Rashidi-Yazd, Eaton Corporation
- Non-Voting Member:John M. Rogitz, Rogitz & Associates
- Non-Voting Member:ShinYuan Tan, CSAsia IP Pte Ltd.
- Non-Voting Member:Michael D. Turner, Brooks Kushman P.C.
- Non-Voting Member:Kathryn Wade, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
- Non-Voting Member:Daniel Zhang, AbbVie