People: Patrick T. Muffo, Associate

Patrick T. Muffo

Associate

Chicago
Direct: (312) 460-5579
Fax: (312) 460-7579
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Mr. Muffo is an associate in the Intellectual Property Practice Group in the Chicago office of Seyfarth Shaw LLP, where he focuses his practice on patent prosecution, litigation, and opinion counseling. 

Mr. Muffo has prepared and prosecuted patent applications in a variety of technology areas and has counseled clients in all aspects of domestic and foreign patent prosecution, including complex reissue and reexamination proceedings.  He has substantial experience advising clients on matters of patent enforcement and clearance, such as freedom to operate and due diligence opinions.  Throughout his career, Mr. Muffo has worked on technologies such as semiconductors, fuel cells, portable computers, barcode scanners, automotive devices, liquid crystal displays, organic light emitting diodes, sporting goods, business methods, xerographic technology, immersion lithography systems, and magnetic recording heads, to name a few.

Mr. Muffo is an associate in the Intellectual Property Practice Group in the Chicago office of Seyfarth Shaw LLP, where he focuses his practice on patent prosecution, litigation, and opinion counseling. 

Mr. Muffo has prepared and prosecuted patent applications in a variety of technology areas and has counseled clients in all aspects of domestic and foreign patent prosecution, including complex reissue and reexamination proceedings.  He has substantial experience advising clients on matters of patent enforcement and clearance, such as freedom to operate and due diligence opinions.  Throughout his career, Mr. Muffo has worked on technologies such as semiconductors, fuel cells, portable computers, barcode scanners, automotive devices, liquid crystal displays, organic light emitting diodes, sporting goods, business methods, xerographic technology, immersion lithography systems, and magnetic recording heads, to name a few.

Education

  • J.D., Franklin Pierce Law Center (2007)
    Editor, Pierce Law Review
  • B.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (2004)
    Materials Science & Engineering
    cum laude

Admissions

  • Illinois

Courts

  • U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Presentations

  • "Immediate Impact Caused by Patent Reform Legislation," Seyfarth Shaw Webinar (Nov. 16, 2011)

Publications

  • Co-author, "The Landscape Of Patent Litigation Has Changed," Retail Detail (October 2011)
  • Co-author, “The Unintended Effects of a Patent Office Memorandum - How the USPTO is Facilitating a Loophole to Software Patent Infringement,” Intellectual Property Today (September 2011)