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.
Capabilities and industries
Regional markets
Community
- American Bar Association Science & Technology Law Section, chair
- American Bar Association Business Law Section, Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Subcommittee, co-chair
Credentials
Education
- Washington and Lee University School of Law, JD
- University of Southern California, MS, Electrical Engineering
- University of Toronto, BS, Electrical Engineering
Admissions
- Texas
- Virginia
Courts / Agencies
- US Patent & Trademark Office