Nicholas Lagerwall is focused on helping clients protect their technology, creating and managing valuable patent portfolios for numerous companies in both the electronics and mechanical technology spaces. He is a partner in the firm’s Electronics Practice.

Nicholas has significant patent prosecution and counseling experience in the areas of medical devices; imaging devices and systems; wireless and wired communication protocols and systems; optical networks, computer hardware, and software; artificial intelligence and machine learning; semiconductor devices and fabrication; control systems; financial, insurance, and health care services; and mechanical devices and connectors.

Nicholas also has substantial IP due diligence experience in the context of M&A, early-stage investment, and licensing, including evaluating the strength and associated risks of target patent portfolios and technologies.

In addition, he has extensive experience in a variety of post-grant proceedings before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, representing both patent owners and petitioners, as well as in district court and Federal Circuit appeals litigation. Nicholas’ post-grant experience includes numerous inter partes review proceedings, post-grant review proceedings, covered business method proceedings, reexamination proceedings, and reissue applications.

Prior to joining Foley, Nicholas worked as an electrical engineer at General Motors’ Janesville, Wisconsin, Assembly Plant, where he designed and maintained communication systems, robotic vehicle assembly systems, lighting systems, fire suppression systems, and power transmission systems.