Michelle Leveque

                                                                       Founding Partner

                                                                               Registered U.S. Patent Attorney

                                                                               Maryland Bar, District of Columbia Bar

                                                                                U.S. Supreme Court



        IP/MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE

        Michelle is the Founder and Principal of Leveque Intellectual Property Law, P.C.  She has 25 years experience in intellectual property, including:

  • Extensive U.S. Patent Office prosecution experience : patent and trademark
  • Licensing, including foreign licensing
  • Mediation
  • Non-disclosure agreements
  • Assignments
  • Intellectual property opinions
  • Patent, Trademark and Copyright
  • Due Diligence
  • Client counseling
  • Design-around expertise
  • Prior art searches


       TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE

        Michelle has worked in a variety of technical disciplines.  A few representative areas include:

  • Communications, including wireless circuits and systems
  • RF and Analog circuits, firmware and systems
  • Radio systems and design
  • Antenna, radar
  • Semiconductors, including specialty memories)
  • Test engineering, including high-speed ECL transmission line effects)
  • Consumer electronics
  • Computer networking, Internet
  • Telecommunications
  • Mobile systems and devices, including smartphones, styluses and tablets
  • Process and packaging
  • Test and measurement equipment
  • Optics
  • Liquid crystal displays
  • Measurement and test equipment
  • Software, including apps
  • Noise cancellation
  • Motors and power
  • Mechanical
  • RFID applications
  • Self-organizing networks
  • Social media


      EDUCATION:
           COLUMBUS SCHOOL OF LAW, Catholic University of America; Washington, D.C. J.D. 1997; cum laude
           SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY, Dallas, Texas.  Master of Business Administration, 1991
           LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY, Ruston, Louisiana.  Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering, 1988