Georgia PATENTS Advisory Board

Stephen is counsel at Polsinelli, where his practice focuses on patent prosecution, counseling, and transactional matters. Stephen’s prosecution experience includes a wide range of technologies, including artificial intelligence, natural language processing, digital signal processing, mechanical devices, and medical devices. Stephen’s experience also includes intellectual property diligence and various stints in-house by way of secondments with clients.

Before becoming an attorney, Stephen worked for over a decade in various engineering roles at small and large organizations.

Stephen is committed to protecting the rights of innovators and artists. In 2017, he received a USPTO Patent Pro Bono certificate for his work with solo inventors. As an immigrant himself, Stephen has also represented immigrants in pro bono immigration matters including asylum and special interest visas.

Stephen is an avoid traveler, returning to his native UK many times a year. Stephen and his wife live in the Atlanta area with their three children.

Mary is a registered patent agent and focuses her practice on intellectual property law, including trademark registration and patent procurement. Her patent practice emphasizes the life sciences, including products and inventions in the fields of biotechnology, veterinary and human biologics, pharmaceuticals, agriculture, cosmetics, consumer products, nutraceuticals, and medical devices. Mary’s graduate and post-graduate research involved both mammalian and plant molecular biology, protein biochemistry, immunology, microbiology, and infectious diseases.

Mary’s experience encompasses patent prosecution, litigation, reissue and reexamination, post-grant proceedings, licensing, due diligence, and opinions. She provides intellectual property counsel to a variety of clients, including multinational corporations, mid-cap companies, and start-up biotech and medical-device companies. Mary also provides counsel related to issues involving regulatory matters before the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. She works with emerging-growth companies, both domestically and internationally, and has been involved with financial transactions involving initial public offerings, sales and procurement of assets, and mergers and acquisitions.

Bill’s professional experience as an engineer helps him to assess mechanical inventions and effectively draft and prosecute patents. Before becoming a patent attorney, he worked as a Machine Automation Design Engineer, where he designed and manufactured OEM automated packaging machinery for the food service disposal industry.  Bill also worked as an HVAC Retro-Commissioning and Design Engineer, where he inspected, evaluated, and designed HVAC systems for government facilities and military bases.

As a partner at Robinson Intellectual Property Law, PLLC, Bill works closely with corporate, university, and individual clients to protect their intellectual property rights.  Bill has experience preparing and prosecuting patent applications in a variety of technologies, such as automotive safety, medical devices, fluid flows, construction, additive manufacturing, HVAC, electric motors, and controls.

Bill received his law degree from the University of Memphis School of Law and has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Tech. When he’s not working, Bill enjoys woodworking, cooking, and spending time with his wife and kids.