Aaron is a registered patent attorney who concentrates his practice on complex patent cases for clients in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and semiconductor industries.
Aaron has handled all aspects of cases including pre-suit investigations, fact and expert discovery, dispositive motions, and trial. He also has experience in IPR matters at the PTAB on behalf of both patent owners and challengers. In addition to patent litigation, his practice includes representing clients seeking patentability, infringement, and invalidity analyses, as well as developing strategic plans for clients seeking to protect their intellectual property around the world. Aaron has worked with clients in a wide range of high technology fields, including nanotechnology, semiconductor devices, display technologies, gene synthesis, recombinant DNA technology, diagnostic assays, and pharmaceuticals.
Prior to entering the legal field, Aaron was a senior research scientist at Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. where he developed thin film precursors and deposition methods for use in flat panel displays, interconnects, and other high tech applications (2001-2005), which resulted in 18 issued patents. While earning his doctorate in chemistry at Northwestern University International Center for Nanotechnology and Department of Chemistry, he synthesized and studied light-absorbing organic molecules for use as molecular switching devices (1996-2001). He is a graduate of Georgetown Law, and earned bachelor's degrees in chemistry and humanities, cum laude, from Seattle University.