Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox is proud of our team of diverse attorneys, registered patent agents, students, and technical specialists that includes some of the United States'_ most respected practitioners of intellectual property law. A majority of our professionals hold an advanced technical degree, including 50+ with doctorates in science and engineering. Our client base includes both emerging and established companies, venture capital firms, individual entrepreneurs, and universities. Our clients are innovative companies in a wide array of sectors, ranging from bleeding-edge technology fields like carbon footprint technologies, pharmacogenomics, and biofuels to next generation electronics and other consumer products. Not only does our deep technical expertise aid our work before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board at the USPTO, and the courts, it is integral to our work in patent prosecution _ delivering unparalleled effectiveness through our well-integrated litigation practice. In recent years, the firm has earned a myriad of awards and recognitions, from Chambers USA 2016 and Managing Intellectual Property's first-ever PTAB Firm of the Year"_ to the National Law Journal's "IP Hot List 2016"_, and Intellectual Asset Management magazine's "IAM Patent 1000 2016."_ Sterne Kessler is also well known for having a welcoming culture, and can proudly say that in 2016, our employees voted the firm as a Washington Post "Top Workplace"_ for the third consecutive year."