As an associate in the firm's Intellectual Property Litigation group, Jack Smith applies his extensive experience in technological research and in practicing before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to patent litigation in various district courts and before the U.S. International Trade Commission. He also provides opinions regarding patent infringement and validity.
Prior to joining the firm, Dr. Smith was a patent agent in a prominent international intellectual property law firm, where he provided litigation support and prosecuted patent applications relating to a wide variety of technologies, including solid state device technologies, optoelectronics, software for financial services, and medical device technologies. He also examined patent applications relating to photovoltaic and other alternative energy technologies for the USPTO.
Before working in patent law, Dr. Smith was a researcher at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility. His research experience in applied science spanned semiconductor device physics, optical engineering and optical materials physics, surface science, and biomedical materials engineering. He authored 17 scientific publications in peer-reviewed journals.
While at the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Smith received the S. J. Stein Prize for a Ph.D. thesis "representing a superior achievement in the field of new or unique materials or applications for materials in electronics." He was also awarded numerous fellowships, including a National Research Council Fellowship (National Academies of Science), the Kothe-Hildner Prize for writing in German (Univ. of Michigan), and membership in the National Physics Honor Society ΣΠΣ.
Dr. Smith is conversant in French, reads German, and is currently learning Japanese.