Headquartered within steps of the USPTO with an affiliate office in Tokyo, Oblon is one of the largest law firms in the United States focused exclusively on intellectual property law.
1968
Norman Oblon with Stanley Fisher and Marvin Spivak launched what was to become Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, LLP, one of the nation's leading full-service intellectual property law firms.
Outside the US, we service companies based in Japan, France, Germany, Italy, Saudi Arabia, and farther corners of the world. Our culturally aware attorneys speak many languages, including Japanese, French, German, Mandarin, Korean, Russian, Arabic, Farsi, Chinese.
Oblon's professionals provide industry-leading IP legal services to many of the world's most admired innovators and brands.
From the minute you walk through our doors, you'll become a valuable part of a team that fosters a culture of innovation, client service and collegiality.
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued final rules implementing the inventor's oath or declaration provisions of the America Invents Act (AIA) on August 14, 2012.
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Xiaohua (Joyce) Guo, Ph.D. is technical counsel in the firm’s Electrical and Mechanical Patent Prosecution Practice Group. Her practice focuses on patent preparation and prosecution for domestic and international clients. Dr. Guo works primarily in the electrical, software, and mechanical arts.
Prior to attending law school, Dr. Guo practiced Chinese patent law for eight years at a law firm based in Beijing, China, representing clients in all aspects of patent prosecution before China Patent Office and patent reexamination and invalidation proceedings before the Patent Reexamination Board. Her drafting and prosecution experience was directed to various technologies, including electric vehicles, electric motors, telecommunications, semiconductors, integrated circuits, electronic circuits, power transmission/distribution systems, medical apparatus, and consumer electronics.
Before joining the firm, Dr. Guo was an associate at the Northern Virginia office of a general practice law firm. While there, her work focused on telecommunications, online advertising, search engines, cybersecurity, database, artificial intelligence, computer-assisted surgery, and medical equipment.