Head of Department, Patents

Pradeep heads the patents practice at the firm. 

Pradeep brings with him over a decade of invaluable experience in the field of patents. He is a registered patent agent and his expertise spans from comprehensive patent searches and analytics to patent drafting, prosecution, litigation support, and technology research, advising and assisting a diverse clientele, including multinational corporations, Fortune 500 companies, innovative start-ups, and esteemed educational institutions. 

Pradeep's technical proficiency includes telecom, electronics, software, automobile, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, medical devices, and textiles. 

 

Education:

• Master’s degree in Communication Systems Engineering, University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom

• Bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University

 

Awards:

• Best Drafter of Office Action Responses from a top Japanese multinational company (2015) 

• Leading Co-Author for Intellectual Property, India in Mondaq's Thought Leadership Awards, Spring 2024

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Professional Activities:

• Adjunct Professor, Patent Law and Practice, Symbiosis Law School, NOIDA

• Guest lecture on World IP Day at National Institute of Technology, Trichy on Industry Perspective on Patenting and Using Patent Data (2023) 

• Member of IP Evaluation Committee for IPR Cell, Thiagarajar College of Engineering (2023)

• Jury for Smart India Hackathon, Hardware Edition, organized by the Ministry of HRD and IIT Hyderabad (2019)

• Evaluator for Smart India Hackathon by the Ministry of HRD (2019)

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Publications:

IAM- Overcoming the Inventiveness Barrier to Patentability​

Mondaq- Summary And Analysis- The Draft Patents (Amendment) Rules, 2023

Meat Substitutes: Protecting Innovations and Strategies for Building a Patent Portfolio, Bar and Bench and Mondaq, August 2023

Meat Substitutes: Market Trends and Patent Insights, Bar and Bench and Mondaq, August 2023