Justin is a registered patent attorney with a background in chemical engineering. He drafts and prosecutes US and foreign patent applications for clients in a variety of industries, including the life sciences, biotechnology, medtech, pharmaceuticals, energy and sustainability, cleantech, manufacturing, and technology sectors.
Justin regularly conducts patent searches and drafts invalidity/infringement and patentability opinions, assesses risks associated with freedom-to-operate issues, drafts landscape analyses and competitive intelligence reports, and identifies whitespace opportunities. His work also includes performing due diligence on third-party intellectual property, reviewing and drafting IP provisions of transactional and licensing agreements, and handling patent litigation, inter partes review, and interference matters.
Prior to joining Mintz, Justin was an associate in the San Diego and Boston offices of an international law firm. He also worked as intellectual property counsel and as a patent agent/law clerk at Reflexite Corporation (now part of ORAFOL GmbH), a manufacturing company producing reflective materials. In addition, he taught executive-MBA class sessions on intellectual property protection at San Diego State University and maintained an active pro bono practice.
Before he earned his law degree, Justin worked as a process engineering manager and as a process engineer at Reflexite, and as a production supervisor/engineer and process engineer at Ablestik Laboratories, Inc.
He has experience working with technologies including drug delivery polymers, nutraceuticals, syringes, endoscope tube sets, laparoscopic staplers, medical devices, lithium batteries, ultracapacitors, electronic devices, engineered fuels, graphene composites, liquid-impregnated surfaces, microtrenching, polymers, polymer processing, rotary/linear actuators, basalt fibers, and variable data printing.
