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Joe is a Director in Sterne Kessler's Electronics Group where he prosecutes post-issuance proceedings and patent applications before the Patent Office. He also assists with district court litigation and licensing issues.Joe has extensive experience before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), challenging and defending already-issued patents. In particular, he handles post-grant review, inter partes review and covered business method review proceedings under the America Invents Act, representing both petitioner and patent owner. In addition, he has handled reexamination. To these cases, Joe brings his ability to clearly explain the relevant technology in the light most favorable to his clients.Also, Joe has prepared and prosecuted hundreds of patent applications. His approach to patent application drafting is technology-focused, working with inventors to identify specific metes-and-bounds of the subject matter sought to be patented. This approach draws from experience litigating patentability before the PTAB, where ambiguity in a patent's scope is often held against the patentee. During prosecution, Joe has particular expertise using new expedited procedures, such as the Patent Prosecution Highway and the Patent Office's Track I program. With these procedures, he has helped both small start-ups and large multinational companies build large, multifaceted patent portfolios quickly that can be licensed or enforced internationally. In developing a patent prosecution strategy, Joe believes in focusing efforts efficiently to maximize return on investment.Joe regularly writes and publishes on cutting-edge patent law issues. He is also an adjunct professor at the George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School.

Listed skills include Patents, Patent Prosecution, Legal Writing, Intellectual Property, and 9 others.