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Ajay A. Jagtiani


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Ajay A. Jagtiani is a Shareholder in the Intellectual Property group. Mr. Jagtiani has nearly 20 years of experience in all phases of patent prosecution, including patentability, validity and infringement opinions, procurement of international patents, client counseling, licensing, agreement negotiations, and mergers/acquisitions. He has extensive knowledge in all areas of electrical engineering, including computer hardware/software, electro-optics, and communication technologies. In addition, Mr. Jagtiani supports numerous clients in all areas of biotechnology, including diagnostics, genomics, immunotherapy, proteomics, pharmaceuticals and other microbiology techniques.

In the state arena, Mr. Jagtiani has advised the Secretary of Technology for the Commonwealth of Virginia in intellectual property matters, and has drafted proposed intellectual property legislation for Virginia.

At the federal level, he has advised such government agencies and laboratories as the Department of Energy, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of Mines, Naval Medical Research and Development Command, Naval Command and Control Center, NASA, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratory, and the Naval Research Laboratory. In addition, Mr. Jagtiani has testified before the Science and Technology Committee of the US Senate. He has maintained security clearances with both the Department of Defense and the Department of Energy.

Mr. Jagtiani also has extensive experience in the academic world, having provided assistance in intellectual property matters and technology transfer to such universities as the University of Arkansas, the University of California System, Catholic University of America, Colorado State University, University of Central Florida, Florida State University, George Mason University, Georgia Medical College, Georgia Tech, the University of Maryland, McMaster University, the University of New Mexico, the University of Notre Dame, Oregon Health & Science University, University of Ottawa, the University of Texas System, Wake Forest University, the University of Western Australia, Virginia Commonwealth University, and Virginia Tech.

Mr. Jagtiani received an "AV Preeminent" Peer Rating in Martindale-Hubbell.

 


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Recent Experience

Experienced with the needs of a wide range of clients, Mr. Jagtiani has provided legal advice and assistance to numerous start-up enterprises, technology transfer offices, and Fortune 500 corporations in the private sector. His clients have included Access National Bank, Ages Analytical, Cancer Research Technology, Cochlear, Danaher, Fox Chase Cancer Center, HACH, Hospital for Sick Children, InPhase Technologies, Jackson Laboratories, Landauer, Logenix International, Medley Pharmaceuticals, nanoholdings, Nutraceutical, Omnova Solutions, Patriot Technologies, Picolight, Shore Microsystems, StarMega, Synteractive, Tensor Communications, and Vision Medical Technologies.

  Education
  • J.D., Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, 1993
  • B.A. (Electrical Engineering with minors in Mathematics and History), Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1988

Bar Admissions
  • Virginia, 1993
  • District of Columbia, 1994
  • US Patent and Trademark Office, 1989
  • US District Court, Eastern District of Virginia, 1994
  • US Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 1993
  • US Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, 1996
  • US Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit, 1999 
  • Canadian Patent Agent, 1993
  • India, 2011

Affiliations
  • Member, Association of University Technology Managers
  • Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
  • Member, Northern Virginia Technology Counsel
  • Member, Optical Society of America
  • Member, National Association of College and University Attorneys

 


Civic Affiliations

  • Committee of 100
  • Leadership Fairfax
  • Volunteer Fairfax
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