Patent Agent Profile

Lissi Mojica is an officer of SLW and considered to be among the world’s foremost experts in reexamination procedures. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Mojica was a senior advisor at a Washington D.C. patent law firm, and served as an Associate Chair for the firm’s Post Grand Law/Patent Reexamination Practice Group. Ms. Mojica was also the first ever director for the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) and under her direction, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) experienced unprecedented utilization of the reexamination process. Ms. Mojica is experienced with interferences in the USPTO and was in charge of setting policies, standards, and procedures and developing Inter Partes and Ex Parte Reexamination training for CRU examiners. Additionally, she spearheaded many important Manual of Patent Examining Procedures (MPEP) revisions which led to the implementation of rule changes along with reviewing and ruling on petitions regarding the reexamination process. A nineteen year veteran of a variety of Intellectual Property matters, acquired through various posts at the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Ms. Mojica provides clients with important insight and expertise associated with patent reexaminations. Ms. Mojica lectures frequently at the Global International Patent Academy on issues concerning Reexaminations, Patent Quality and Patent Examination matters, and is also fluent in Spanish. She will be working from Maryland.

Education:

• Marymount University, Arlington, VA
  • MBA
  • Masters of Business in Legal Administration
• Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL
  • B.S.
  • Aeronautical Engineering