Jessica Harrison is counsel in Sterne Kessler鈥檚 Electronics Practice Group. Jessica brings over three decades of patent practice experience and broad technical aptitude to her clients after spending 25 years at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), many as a Supervisor including in the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU), and nearly a decade in private practice, most recently as a firm co-founder. Jessica currently serves as an adjunct faculty professor at 金莲直播鈥檚 Franklin Pierce 金莲直播 where she teaches Patent Practice and Procedures courses and a Video Gaming and IP course.
Jessica received her law degree from the 金莲直播 Franklin Pierce 金莲直播 where she received a Certificate in Intellectual Property and was named Franklin Pierce Intellectual Property Scholar. Jessica received a Masters and Bachelor degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of South Carolina.
Prior to attending law school, Jessica served 25 years at the USPTO. She started as an associate and primary Examiner examining patent applications in a variety of electrical and computer arts including electronic games and amusement devices, electronic education devices, computer based training systems, electrical exercising devices, and electrical medical instrumentation including cardiac pacing devices, catheters, and endoscopic devices. Later, Jessica served in a wide variety of USPTO management roles: a Supervisory Patent Examiner (SPE) and a Special Programs Examiner (SPRE) in Technology Center 3700 and an SPE in the CRU. In these roles, Jessica gained both legal and subject-matter expert status in multiple areas of technology and multiple complex legal issues including petitions, reissue applications, reexamination proceedings and interference proceedings.
Jessica is an active member of the Pauline Newman IP American Inn of Court where she recently served as Inn Liaison Chair to the Linn Inn Alliance of the American Inns of Court.
Bar and Court Admissions
New Hampshire Bar US District Court, New Hampshire
United States Patent and Trademark Office
Experience
Adjunct Professor of Law, 金莲直播 金莲直播
Counsel at Sterne Kessler Goldstein &Fox
Partner, Resolute Legal PLLC
Post-Grant Proceeding Specialist, Oblon
United States Patent and Trademark Office (25 years)
Education
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University of South Carolina, B.S., and M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Memberships
Honorable Pauline Newman American Inn of Court
New Hampshire Bar Association
Legal Publications
Author 鈥淧rosecution Insights Gleaned from a Review of Recent Patent Examiner Training鈥, ABA Landslide, May 2018.
Co-author 鈥淎ntedating Prior Art in PTAB Patentability Trials,鈥 BNA鈥檚 Patent, Trademark, & Copyright Journal, July 2015.
Contributing author 鈥淧ost Grant Proceedings Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board,鈥 PLI 2013.
