Patent agent Lilian Y. Ficht adeptly secures intellectual property rights for clients in computer, communications, industrial, and consumer product industries.  Her clients find she brings a rapid, savvy understanding of their technologies and commercial applications, skills developed from her advanced training in electrical engineering and honed in-house at AT&T Bell Laboratories.  With this broad experience, Ms. Ficht has proved effective in prosecuting patents for a wide variety of innovations, counseling clients during product development, and building valuable patent portfolios.

Recent Client Work

  • Prepared and successfully prosecuted domestic and international patent applications for a major software computing company in the areas of networking, performance, protocols, platforms, and user applications.
  • Increased the comprehensive patent portfolio of a major retail pharmaceutical company, enabling the staking out and preservation of significant advantages in a competitive market space.
  • During various product developments, prosecution and litigation, separately counseled consumer product and communications clients with regard to non-infringement.

Detailed Biography

Representative Experience

Ms. Ficht has successfully prosecuted patents for a major computing company in the areas of user and system software applications (including product, protocols, data management, security, performance and infrastructure).

She has also secured protections for products, business methods, and other technological innovations in such industries as:

  • Retail
  • Process control
  • Service industry
  • Wired and wireless communications
  • Consumer products

In addition to her patent prosecution work in these fields, Ms. Ficht has assisted clients in non-infringement searches and oppositions. 

Background and Credentials

At AT&T Bell Laboratories prior to joining the firm, Ms. Ficht gained valuable experience as a software engineer, architect, and developer for multi-processor cellular and land-based telephone switching products.  Later, she served as a technical supervisor and was responsible for managing software development and test groups in the creation of features for multi-processor cellular technologies.

She earned her M.S. degree in electrical engineering with a concentration in systems from the University of Michigan.  She graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a B.S. in electrical engineering, with honors, with a concentration in bioengineering.

Community and Professional Involvement

  • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Short Biography

Education

  • University of Michigan, M.S., Electrical Engineering
  • University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, B.S., Electrical Engineering, with honors

Practices

Industries

Admissions

  • U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Memberships

  • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Lilian Y. Ficht

Patent Agent

Patent agent Lilian Y. Ficht adeptly secures intellectual property rights for clients in computer, communications, industrial, and consumer product industries.  Her clients find she brings a rapid, savvy understanding of their technologies and commercial applications, skills developed from her advanced training in electrical engineering and honed in-house at AT&T Bell Laboratories.  With this broad experience, Ms. Ficht has proved effective in prosecuting patents for a wide variety of innovations, counseling clients during product development, and building valuable patent portfolios.

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Lilian Y. Ficht

Lilian Y. Ficht

Recent Client Work

  • Prepared and successfully prosecuted domestic and international patent applications for a major software computing company in the areas of networking, performance, protocols, platforms, and user applications.
  • Increased the comprehensive patent portfolio of a major retail pharmaceutical company, enabling the staking out and preservation of significant advantages in a competitive market space.
  • During various product developments, prosecution and litigation, separately counseled consumer product and communications clients with regard to non-infringement.

Detailed Biography

Representative Experience

Ms. Ficht has successfully prosecuted patents for a major computing company in the areas of user and system software applications (including product, protocols, data management, security, performance and infrastructure).

She has also secured protections for products, business methods, and other technological innovations in such industries as:

  • Retail
  • Process control
  • Service industry
  • Wired and wireless communications
  • Consumer products

In addition to her patent prosecution work in these fields, Ms. Ficht has assisted clients in non-infringement searches and oppositions. 

Background and Credentials

At AT&T Bell Laboratories prior to joining the firm, Ms. Ficht gained valuable experience as a software engineer, architect, and developer for multi-processor cellular and land-based telephone switching products.  Later, she served as a technical supervisor and was responsible for managing software development and test groups in the creation of features for multi-processor cellular technologies.

She earned her M.S. degree in electrical engineering with a concentration in systems from the University of Michigan.  She graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a B.S. in electrical engineering, with honors, with a concentration in bioengineering.

Community and Professional Involvement

  • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Short Biography

Lilian Y. Ficht

Education

  • University of Michigan, M.S., Electrical Engineering
  • University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, B.S., Electrical Engineering, with honors

Practices

Industries

Admissions

  • U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Memberships

  • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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