Patrick A. Doody

Patrick A. Doody serves as a Professorial Lecturer in Law at George Washington University Law School, teaching since 2016 while maintaining an active legal practice as partner at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman. He chairs the firm's Post Grant Proceedings practice and leads its Intellectual Property Local Practice Section.

His educational credentials include a BS from Virginia Tech and a JD from George Mason University, earned while working as a patent examiner at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

Mr. Doody's expertise centers on intellectual property law, with deep specialization in patent litigation, patent prosecution, Hatch-Waxman pharmaceutical patent issues, and post-grant proceedings before the USPTO. His career spans boutique patent firms, large general practice firms, and in-house counsel roles at multinational corporations, providing comprehensive industry perspective to his academic instruction in courses like Patent Strategies and Practice.