Jacob Mueller is a patent attorney in the firm’s Intellectual Property practice group. Registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, his main focus is on the preparation and prosecution of patent applications in the aerospace and mechanical arts.

With an engineering background, Jacob guides in-house counsel and inventors in applying for and protecting domestic and foreign intellectual property. He counsels clients through the various phases of product design and development to ensure suitable protection and strategic consistency.

Jacob represents clients in the negotiation of license agreements and provides opinion-related work including freedom-to-operate, validity, patentability and state-of-the-art analysis.

In possible litigious situations, Jacob assists in pre-litigation enforcement of patent rights by performing initial infringement analyses, providing client-tailored patent enforcement strategies, preparing cease and desist letters and negotiating settlement agreements.