Mattie R. Clay
Associate
Milwaukee
Biography
Mattie Clay is a registered patent attorney with a background in Physics. Prior to joining Gonzalez Saggio & Harlan, Mrs. Clay practiced at Foley and Lardner in the Electronics Practice Group. She has drafted utility patent applications for a broad range of clients in a variety of technological areas, including financial systems, software applications, engine systems, in-flight entertainment systems, and vehicle components. Mrs. Clay also has experience drafting appeal and reply briefs to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, responding to Office Actions, and conducting IP due diligence for clearance projects, patent sales, and IP acquisition projects.
While in law school, Mrs. Clay interned in the Office of General Counsel at Rockwell Collins, examined patent applications through the Patent Examiner Externship Program at the United States Patent and Trademark Office as an extern, and assessed new ventures for patentability and marketability as an intern at the University of Iowa Research Foundation. She also conducted patent searches, analysis, and application drafting in the medical device field as a member of the Iowa Medical Innovation Group.
Mrs. Clay earned her J.D. at the University of Iowa College of Law, where she served on the executive boards for the University of Iowa Moot Court and the Black Law Students Association. She was a member of the Iowa Intellectual Property Law Society and the Phi Alpha Delta Legal Fraternity.
She received her B.A. in Physics from Grinnell College. Mrs. Clay also conducted research at the University of Chicago in the Physics Research Experience for Undergraduates Program in the semiconductor field.
Mrs. Clay is admitted to practice in the State of Wisconsin and before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. She is a member of the American Bar Association.
Education & Bar Admissions
Education
- University of Iowa College of Law, J.D.
- Grinnell College, B.A., Physics
Bar Admissions
- Wisconsin
- United States Patent and Trademark Office
In the News
- 4/23/2015 - GSH Welcomes Mattie R. Clay
