Associate
Safiya's technical knowledge covers a broad spectrum of complex technologies, including medical devices, machine vision, feedback controls, automobiles, fuel cells, computer hardware, fintech, and additive manufacturing. She has experience preparing petitions for inter partes review (IPR) and requests for ex parte reexamination, as well as conducting legal and factual research in support of infringement and invalidity disputes. Safiya advises clients on all aspects of patent strategy, including validity opinions, landscape analysis, due diligence, and prosecution.
As a judicial law clerk, Safiya assisted administrative patent judges (APJs) with adjudicating America Invents Act (AIA) trials and ex parte appeals across chemical, electrical, mechanical, and pharmaceutical technologies. During her more than seven years as a patent examiner, Safiya evaluated the patentability of various medical devices, including spinal implants and prosthetics; image-guided and robotic surgical systems; internal and external fixation devices; and retractors.
Safiya devotes a portion of her time to pro bono matters. She has worked extensively with asylum-seeking clients and advocated on behalf of inmates seeking compassionate release over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. She has been recognized on the Capital Pro Bono Honor Roll and received high honors.
1:20-cv-00510, D. Del., Judge Wolson
1:23-cv-00005, D. Del., Judge Wolson
IPR2023-00333, -00334, PTAB
22-2062 , Fed. Cir.
IPR2021-00417, -00418, -00419, PTAB, Judges Galligan, Repko, White
At the PTAB Blog
USPTO Releases Notice of Proposed Rule Making Codifying Several Precedential Case Factors USPTO Releases Notice of Proposed Rule Making Codifying Several Precedential Case Factors
April 25, 2024
Event
Boston Intellectual Property Law Association 4th Annual Symposium Boston Intellectual Property Law Association 4th Annual Symposium
April 10-11, 2024
Boston
At the PTAB Blog
Petitioners Fail on Inherency but Prevail on Obviousness Petitioners Fail on Inherency but Prevail on Obviousness
February 9, 2024
At the PTAB Blog
Director Vidal Vacates and Remands Decisions Denying Institution Under 325(d) Director Vidal Vacates and Remands Decisions Denying Institution Under 325(d)
February 1, 2024
Event
Women Practitioners' Viewpoint: What Does it Take to be PTAB Whisperers? Women Practitioners' Viewpoint: What Does it Take to be PTAB Whisperers?
September 6, 2023
Virtual
Articles
Trending at the PTAB: Cautionary Tale of VLSI Challenger Trending at the PTAB: Cautionary Tale of VLSI Challenger
September 1, 2023
Law360Press Release
Finnegan and BMW Group Successfully Demolish Non-Practicing Entity NorthStar’s Efforts Finnegan and BMW Group Successfully Demolish Non-Practicing Entity NorthStar’s Efforts
April 3, 2024
Media Mention
Texas Judges Pause Wireless Patent Fights for PTAB Texas Judges Pause Wireless Patent Fights for PTAB
March 18, 2024
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