Kamyar Maserrat is driven by a passion for understanding new technology and helping his clients protect their innovations. Kamyar’s invention experience spans a wide range of technologies, including artificial intelligence, machine learning, big data analytics, natural language processing, large language models, data analytics, data migration, mapping, advertising, e-commerce, and other software and business method innovations. Through the management of this diverse portfolio, he has gained considerable experience addressing issues involving the patent eligibility of software and business methods.

Before joining Foley, Kamyar was a patent attorney with IBM, where he helped protect innovations for the world’s leading patent holder. He served as an original member of IBM’s Watson focus group, working on the artificial intelligence-based system capable of using various machine learning protocols (including language models and natural language processing techniques) to reveal insights from large amounts of unstructured data. He also worked on the related Cognitive Build program, an internal incubator of projects to use Watson in new and different ways.