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Joseph focuses on the following sectors:

Practice Areas

Background & Credentials

Education

• Clemson University (B.S., Bioengineering, magna cum laude, 2009)
• University of Washington (J.D., high honors, 2012)
• Certificate in Machine Learning from Stanford University (2020)

Admissions

• Washington State
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Professional Activities

• Member of Washington State Patent Law Association Mentorship Committee
• Member of Washington State Bar Association IP Section
• Participant in the University of Washington School of Law Mentoring Program

Honors

• Order of the Coif
• Washington State Bar Association Intellectual Property Section Scholarship Award Winner
• Former Executive Board Member, University of Washington Moot Court Honor Board

Publications

• Patent Drafting for Machine Learning: Claim Strategy, Patent Eligibility, and Disclosure Requirements for the U.S. and Europe, Strafford Publications (March 2021).
• USPTO Report Traces the Rapid Diffusion of Artificial Intelligence Technologies across U.S. Patent Filings, Dority & Manning (Dec. 17, 2020).
• Balancing Patent and Trade Secret Protection for AI-Based Inventions, The Knowledge Group (Dec. 2020).
• USPTO Reports on Public Views of Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property Policy, Dority & Manning (Nov. 5, 2020).
• U.S. Patent Issues in Artificial Intelligence, Law Offices of Shiga International Patent Office (Dec. 2019).
• Overview of the Approach to AI in the United States, Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property: A Global Perspective, Imperial Hotel Tokyo (Dec. 2019).
• When an Inter Partes Review is Instituted the USPTO is Required to Decide the Patentability of All Claims Challenged By Petitioner, Dority & Manning (May 9, 2018).
• Loaded Question: Examining Loadable Kernel Modules Under the General Public License v2, Washington Journal of Law, Technology, and Arts, 7 Wash. J.L. Tech. & Arts 265 (2012).