Awards & Rankings 06.04.26
Pillsbury’s Standout Performance in 2026 Chambers USA Rankings Underscores Continued Excellence Across Industries and Disciplines
Firm Earned Recognition Across 60 Practice Areas, Including 26 National Rankings
He is the best IP lawyer in the US, in my opinion. He has a deep knowledge base and his judgment is A-plus.
Pat Doody, a recognized authority on post-grant proceedings, patent infringement and Hatch-Waxman litigation, leads Pillsbury’s U.S. Patent and Trademark Office litigation team.
An Intellectual Property senior counsel and member of Pillsbury’s Medical Devices and Life Sciences teams, Pat is a former patent examiner who provides strategic counsel to pharmaceutical, medical device, chemical and biotech clients. He prepares opinions, handles patent challenges before the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board, and has successfully litigated numerous patent infringement cases. He also conducts patent portfolio due diligence investigations and assists clients in bringing new products to market.
Representative Experience
- Defended Rigetti Computing against two inter partes reviews (IPRs) brought against one of its foundational patents by IBM, with the PTAB determining not to institute the IPR proceeding based upon the Patent Owner Statement, which highlighted fundamental inconsistencies in IBM’s assertions.
- Led Menicon Co. Ltd.’s defense in a Massachusetts district court patent infringement case, obtaining a favorable resolution following a Markman hearing.
- Serving as lead counsel to Textron, obtained dismissal with prejudice from a Florida district court in a patent infringement case and achieved a favorable settlement for our client.
View More
- Served as clients’ lead and co-counsel for numerous inter partes reviews and covered business method reviews.
Professional Highlights
- Adjunct professor of patent law at The George Washington University Law School.
- Leads the Northern Virginia office’s Intellectual Property practice and the firm’s U.S. Patent and Trademark Office litigation team.
- Former co-chair of the American Intellectual Property Law Association chemical practice committee’s PTO relations subcommittee and past president of the Northern Virginia Patent Lawyers Club.
View More
- Honors & Awards
- Recognized in Chambers USA, Intellectual Property – Northern Virginia (2020–2023, 2025).
- Recognized by IAM Patent 1000 for Patent Litigation in the DC Metro Area and nationally for Post Grant Proceedings (2021–2026).
- The Legal 500 U.S., Patent Licensing & Transactional (2011–2013, 2017), Patents – Portfolio Management and Licensing (2016), Patents – Prosecution (2016–2019).
- Associations
- IPO Patent Office Practice Committee
- George Washington University Law School, adjunct professor, patent law
- Speaking Engagements
- Practising Law Institute Law Audio Webcast, Role of Patents in Business and the Impact of the America Invents Act, November 2012. Speaker.
- Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association, What is a Bad Patent, and The Patent System is Not Broken, Annual Meeting, Laguna Beach, CA., June 2007. Speaker.
- American Intellectual Property Law Association, Patent Strategies, Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, October, 2006. Speaker.
- American Intellectual Property Law Association, The New Continuation and Examination Proposed Rules, Mid Winter Meeting, Chicago, 2006, Panel Moderator including General Counsel of the U.S. PTO. Speaker.
- American Chemical Society Annual Meeting, Dallas, 1998. Speaker.
- Patent Claim Drafting; Patent Resources Group, 1995–1996. Lecturer.
Education
-
J.D., George Mason University School of Law, 1992
B.S., Chemical Engineering, Virginia Tech, 1986
Admissions
-
Virginia
District of Columbia
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Courts
-
U.S. Supreme Court