Catherine M. Polizzi

Partner

Palo Alto, (650) 813-5651

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Education

University of Mississippi (B.A., 1976)
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University of California, Santa Barbara (M.A., 1978)
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University of California, Santa Barbara (Ph.D., 1990)
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Stanford Law School (J.D., 1994)

Practices

Patent Counseling + Prosecution

IP Due Diligence

Life Sciences

Bar Admissions

California
U.S. Patent & Trademark Office

Catherine Polizzi is listed as one of the Daily Journal's Top 25 IP Portfolio Managers in California for 2009-2013, and the Silicon Valley Business Journal named her as one of the 100 most influential women in Silicon Valley of 2013. She is ranked by Chambers USA 2012 in Life Sciences: IP/Patent Litigation, recommended as a leading lawyer by Legal 500 US for 2009, 2010, and 2012, listed in PLC Which lawyer? 2012, and was named to the 2012 Northern California Super Lawyers list. Dr. Polizzi has also been recognized as a “Life Science Star” in the inaugural edition of Managing IP's LMG Life Sciences 2012.