Editor, Patent Law University
Joseph M. Baillargeon
Registered patent attorney · USPTO Reg. No. 79,685 · Member of the D.C. Bar
Joe Baillargeon runs Patent Law University through his company, PatentLawJoe LLC. He is a registered patent attorney and an IP litigation associate at national law firms. From 2016 to 2020 he was a patent examiner at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and from 2004 to 2013 he served in the U.S. Navy as a nuclear reactor operator and plant supervisor.
On this site he edits the guides and reviews the “Why it matters” notes on precedential decisions in the case blog. A note he has approved says so, with the date. How everything else is made, including our use of AI, is set out in the editorial policy.
Check his credentials
Registered patent attorney, USPTO Reg. No. 79,685
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Member of the District of Columbia Bar, ID 1780380
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Admitted to practice before
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
- Supreme Court of the United States
Experience
IP litigation associate at national law firms
Since 2021
District court patent litigation; inter partes reviews for patent owners and for petitioners; prosecution of software, machine learning and e-commerce applications.
Patent examiner, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
2016–2020
Examined applications in electromechanics, lasers, semiconductor manufacturing and microwaves.
Nuclear reactor operator and plant supervisor, U.S. Navy
2004–2013
Education
- J.D., Georgetown University Law Center (2021)Technology Law & Policy Scholar; Georgetown Law Technology Review
- M.S., Computer Science, Johns Hopkins University (2023)
- B.S., Engineering Science and Mechanics, magna cum laude, minor in Mathematics, Virginia Tech (2016)
- B.A., Physics, magna cum laude, Virginia Tech (2016)
- Naval Nuclear Power School (2006)
Elsewhere
Contact
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Views here are his own and not those of any firm or client. Nothing here is legal advice, and reading it creates no attorney-client relationship. Facts on this page last checked October 15, 2026.