biography

Kellan D. Ponikiewicz Kellan D. Ponikiewicz

Education

  • Suffolk University Law School, JD, 2009, Intellectual Property and Patent Specialization with distinction, cum laude, Editor of the Suffolk Transnational Law Review
  • Pennsylvania State University, BS, 2003, Electrical Engineering

Admissions

  • US Patent & Trademark Office
  • Massachusetts

Practice Areas

Kellan D. Ponikiewicz

Associate

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Prior to joining Choate, Kellan Ponikiewicz worked as a patent agent at iRobot Corporation where she prepared and prosecuted patent applications pertaining to robotics and sensor technology as well as advise staff on patentability issues.

Practice Focus

Intellectual Property:  strategically create and develop patent portfolios, prepare and prosecute patent applications and prepare landscape analyses with a focus on computer software and hardware, robotics, communications systems and sensor technology.

Intellectual Property Litigation:  support and advise the litigation team on technical and scientific concepts.

Representative Engagements

  • Performed landscape analyses and developed prosecution strategies for an emerging robotics company and a major software company.
  • Drafted and prosecuted applications for robotic devices, sensor technologies, non-linear robotic software applications, mobile and server-based computing and remote-access software applications.

Professional and Community Involvement

Ms. Ponikiewicz is a member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association and the Society of Women Engineers.