Alan Marco

Alan Marco is an Associate Professor at the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School of Public Policy within Georgia Tech's Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts. His research focuses on innovation policy, patent economics, and intellectual property strategy. Previously, he served as Chief Economist at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), where he co-created PatentsView.org and led the Cancer Moonshot Patent Challenge.

Research interests span antitrust regulation, patent valuation, technology markets, and empirical legal studies. Marco holds a Ph.D. in economics from UC Berkeley and a B.A. from Skidmore College.

Publications demonstrate expertise in patent analytics, with recent work examining strategic citation behaviors, FRAND royalty calculations, and links between antitrust enforcement and innovation. Research methodologies emphasize large-scale data analysis of USPTO records, litigation outcomes, and market transactions.