Janice M. Mueller is a co-founder and instructor at Chisum Patent Academy, Inc., which she formed with Donald S. Chisum in 2009. Together they conduct small-group seminars on advanced patent law topics. Janice is the author of three books in the field of U.S. and comparative patent law. From 2004-2011 Janice was a tenured full professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, where she taught and wrote in the field of intellectual property law with an emphasis in U.S. and comparative patent law. From 1999 to 2004 Janice was a faculty member at the John Marshall Law School in Chicago. Janice has also taught as a Visiting Professor at the University of Kentucky, the University of Washington, Seattle University, Santa Clara University, and William Mitchell College of Law. A registered U.S. patent attorney and chemical engineer, Janice began her legal career as a patent agent with Merchant & Gould, P.C. in Minneapolis. After law school Janice completed a two-year clerkship with the Honorable Giles S. Rich, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. She litigated patent and copyright infringement cases as an Honors Program Trial Attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice before entering legal academia in 1995. Janice has served on the AIPLA’s Amicus Committee, is a trustee of the Federal Circuit Historical Society, and chaired the Expert Advisory Committee on Intellectual Property for the non-profit Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research. Janice has lectured for BarBri Patent Bar Review. Wolters Kluwer Law & Business (Aspen) published the seventh edition of her law student textbook, Patent Law, in 2024. See https://aspenpublishing.com/products/mueller-patents7. Fastcase published her practitioner treatise, Mueller on Patent Law, in 2020; it is updated regularly. Volume I covers patentability and validity. Volume II focuses on patent enforcement and post-grant patentability challenges. See https://www.fastcase.com/product/mueller-on-patent-law-new/.Janice's full c.v.: https://muelleronpatentlaw.com/wp-content/uploads/cv_janice_mueller_27July2024.pdf