Emily Jane Roberts, Ph.D.

Emily Jane Roberts, Ph.D.
Associate

425 Market Street

San Francisco, CA 94105-2482

emilyroberts@mofo.com

(415) 268-7336

BAR ADMISSIONS

California

U.S. Patent & Trademark Office

EDUCATION

University of California, Santa Cruz, B.S.

University of Southern California, Ph.D.

University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, J.D.

Emily’s practice focuses on patent preparation, prosecution, and counseling.

While Emily was a summer associate at MoFo, she assisted in the preparation of patent applications, responses to office actions, and freedom to operate analyses.

Emily received her J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law. While in law school, Emily was a production editor for the Berkeley Technology Law Journal and president of the Patent Law Society. She earned a Law & Technology Certificate from the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology; she also received first place in the USPTO National Patent Drafting Competition. In addition, Emily served as research assistant for the Reproductive Justice Project, where she prepared a report for the general counsel of Planned Parenthood of Northern California to provide an update on current California laws regarding search warrants and how clinics can better handle law enforcement while maintaining a patient’s confidentiality.

Emily holds a Ph.D. in materials chemistry from the University of Southern California and a B.S. in chemistry from the University of California, Santa Cruz. As a graduate student at the University of Southern California, Emily's research focused on developing more sustainable methods of synthesizing colloidal inorganic nanoparticle catalysts. She developed processes and materials for renewable energy applications and a novel microfluidic nanomanufacturing process to scale nanoparticle fabrication for use as renewable energy fuel catalysts.

She is admitted to practice in California.