Amy Salmela

Amy Salmela has over 20 years of experience advising clients on all aspects of US patent prosecution and international IP protection strategies. An electrical engineer, Amy advises large North American and international clients in a variety of industries, including telecommunications, automotive, semiconductor, retail analytics, medical device and technology, software, consumer products, and high-end audio systems.

Amy handles all stages of US patent prosecution. She conducts pre-filing searches and drafts patent applications, conducts prosecution negotiations with the USPTO, and provides post-grant enforcement and defense counseling. Amy also helps clients with freedom to operate and clearance analyses as well as defensive positioning and opinion work. Clients have engaged Amy to conduct on-site invention harvesting and generation workshops.

Additionally, Amy has assisted clients in multi-million dollar IP asset acquisition and is experienced with technology transfer and licensing. She has served as the IP contact for a client throughout negotiations to be acquired by a Fortune 100 technology company, with valuation based primarily on the client’s IP portfolio, and assisted a client through IPO due diligence.

Amy is committed to providing access to justice and assisting under-resourced inventors access the patent system and was on the launch and steering committees for the US’s first patent pro bono program. She has served as an advisor and volunteer attorney to the program since, being honored multiple times as a Minnesota North Star Lawyer.