Michelle L Gross

I am a registered patent attorney who employs a seamless approach to protecting clients' technology and intellectual property to allow clients' businesses to thrive.  I offer a diverse array of intellectual property services including patent prosecution and procurement, patentability searches and opinions, foreign patenting services, invalidity and infringement analysis and opinions, and transactional trademark and copyright services to clients in a variety of industries including electronics, telecommunications, computer hardware and software, optics, data encryption, signal processing, medical devices, and renewable energy sources.

In addition to my private practice, I believe in the importance of education and am also a Professor of Practice at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University where I serve as Director of the Lisa Foundation Patent Law Clinic and the Masters of Legal Studies, Patent Practice Program.  My instructional focus is on training students in the practical applications of laws and rules pertaining to transactional intellectual property practice, namely the practical aspects of patent and trademark drafting and prosecution. I have developed curriculum for and teach courses in Comprehensive Patent Practice, Patent Drafting, Patent Law, and Patent Licensing & Enforcement.