Event

ASME Meeting - "Intellectual Property and Patent Law for Engineers" May 19, 2011

Lisa Margonis' experience includes patent prosecution, counseling, and litigation in the mechanical arts with an emphasis on oilfield technology. She has drafted and prosecuted hundreds of patent applications in various mechanical fields, including, but not limited to, automotive devices, consumer products, subsea technology, downhole tools, drilling assemblies, oilfield tubulars and support equipment, filtering equipment and systems, and subsea pump systems.

In the area of intellectual property counseling, Ms. Margonis has prepared noninfringement and invalidity opinions; counseled clients on patent design-around strategies and the strength of patents in anticipation of litigation; developed and implemented global patent prosecution strategies for numerous patent families; and conducted intellectual property due diligence.

Previously, Ms. Margonis was a mechanical engineer for MPR Associates, where she worked on various equipment designs, including pump systems for nuclear plants, as well as performed systems design analysis; a mechanical engineering intern at FMC Energy Systems, where she worked on subsea tie-back systems for tension leg platforms; and a mechanical engineering intern at CDI Engineering Group.