Kate Mead

Kate assists clients with managing multi-asset patent portfolios, preparing and prosecuting US patent applications, performing invalidity and freedom to operate analyses, and counseling about various intellectual property (IP) matters. Kate has also served as a seconded patent counsel to a multinational technology company.

Kate’s broad technical background enables her to help clients with complex interdisciplinary technologies. Prior to attending law school, Kate earned a degree in bioengineering and focused her coursework on electrical engineering, signal processing, and medical imaging. In addition, she helped develop a novel therapeutic ultrasound device, as well as a nanopore sequencing platform, as a laboratory researcher.

Since becoming a patent attorney, Kate has leveraged her background in bioengineering to counsel clients in a number of technological areas, including diagnostic and therapeutic medical devices, computer networking, analog circuit design, and imaging.