Overview
Lois Mermelstein focuses her practice on patent matters, including patent prosecution and litigation. She primarily handles inventor meetings, new applications, responses to office actions, and Patent Trial & Appeal Boad appeals, and advises clients on their prosecution strategies.
Lois has extensive experience across a diverse group of technologies, including quantum computing, machine learning and artificial intelligence, semiconductors, and computer hardware and software.
Community
- American Bar Association Science & Technology Law Section, chair-elect
- American Bar Association Business Law Section, Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Subcommittee, co-chair
Credentials
Education
Washington and Lee University School of Law, JD, 2010
University of Southern California, MS, Electrical Engineering, 1991
University of Toronto, BS, Electrical Engineering, 1988
Admissions
Texas
Virginia
Courts/Agencies
US Patent & Trademark Office
