Brian Paul Bozzo is a partner in the firm's IP Procurement and Portfolio
Management, US National Security Law and Policy, Government Contracts and
Procurement Policy, and Public Policy and Law practice groups. His patent
practice includes the initial review of disclosures, counseling clients on
protection, performing patentability searches, drafting claims and applications,
responding to office actions, and drafting briefs in federal court, the Patent
Trials and Appeals Board and Trademark Trials and Appeals Board. He is well-versed
in subject matter eligibility under 35 U.S.C. § 101. Brian also has experience
prosecuting and litigating patents and trademarks and has previously worked under
the Honorable Judge Sleet, a former federal judge in the District of Delaware. He
has counseled clients on preserving and enforcing intellectual property rights for
emerging technologies, including cryptocurrencies, the internet-of-things, quantum
computing, and the emerging commercial space industry, and is intimately
familiar with the flowdown of intellectual property rights earned under
government contracts.
Prior to practicing patent law, Brian had an extensive career as an aerospace
engineer, during which he participated in and led a variety of design and
manufacturing projects. Highlights of his design portfolio include solar arrays,
robotics, and avionics for space vehicle platforms such as the International Space
Station, Curiosity Mars Rover, and Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle. He was previously
responsible for the regulatory compliance of software and systems associated with
the aforementioned platforms, including the protection and management of sensitive
data. As a result, Brian brings hands-on experience with a wide-variety of
technologies to his patent practice, including semiconductors, cybersecurity, cloud
computing, and engineering resource planning.
