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Catherine U. "Cathy"
Brown

  • Senior Counsel
Midland
T 989.698.3711
F 989.486.6100

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The most critical part of being a Senior Counsel in intellectual property isn't just knowing the law—it's knowing how to bridge the gap between scientists/inventors and attorneys. As a licensed patent attorney with a degree in Chemical Engineering, I speak both languages fluently. From my early career as a chemical process engineer, I understand the realities of scale-ups from laboratory to production equipment and how to translate those highly technical processes into global patent protection of commercial scale embodiments of each invention.

Cathy is a registered patent attorney with more than 25 years of intellectual property experience. Her practice includes patent drafting and prosecution, international patent portfolio management, freedom-to-operate, noninfringement, invalidity, and patentability opinions, intellectual property counseling, and the drafting and negotiation of IP agreements.

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  • Prepared provisional, non-provisional, and PCT applications with an international focus for a variety of chemical and process technologies.
  • Drafted and prosecuted hundreds of patent applications and managed filing, prosecution, and maintenance of international patent families.
  • Rendered freedom-to-operate opinions for existing or emerging technologies as well as opinions regarding non-infringement, invalidity, and unenforceability of competitors’ patents.
  • Counseled clients on patentability of new invention disclosures.
  • Developed intellectual property strategies.
  • Counseled clients on management and maintenance of patent portfolios.
  • Prepared provisional, non-provisional, and PCT applications with an international focus for a variety of chemical and process technologies.
  • Drafted and prosecuted hundreds of patent applications and managed filing, prosecution, and maintenance of international patent families.
  • Rendered freedom-to-operate opinions for existing or emerging technologies as well as opinions regarding non-infringement, invalidity, and unenforceability of competitors’ patents.
  • Counseled clients on patentability of new invention disclosures.
  • Developed intellectual property strategies.
  • Counseled clients on management and maintenance of patent portfolios.
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Catherine U. "Cathy"
Brown

  • Senior Counsel
Midland
T 989.698.3711
F 989.486.6100

My admin

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The most critical part of being a Senior Counsel in intellectual property isn't just knowing the law—it's knowing how to bridge the gap between scientists/inventors and attorneys. As a licensed patent attorney with a degree in Chemical Engineering, I speak both languages fluently. From my early career as a chemical process engineer, I understand the realities of scale-ups from laboratory to production equipment and how to translate those highly technical processes into global patent protection of commercial scale embodiments of each invention.

Cathy is a registered patent attorney with more than 25 years of intellectual property experience. Her practice includes patent drafting and prosecution, international patent portfolio management, freedom-to-operate, noninfringement, invalidity, and patentability opinions, intellectual property counseling, and the drafting and negotiation of IP agreements.

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practices