Katten announced today that Intellectual Property partner Dr. Jitendra “Jitty” Malik was recognized among the top 100 best performing attorneys representing petitioners in inter partes review (IPR) proceedings in the newly released IPR Intelligence Report – 2019 Edition.

“We are thrilled that Jitty has been appropriately recognized for his many successes in the IPR space and beyond. Having worked with him for a decade now, I know how instrumental he has been in expanding this ever-emerging area of the law and how valuable his pragmatic advice is to clients who repeatedly reach out to him for help in achieving their business objectives in a competitive market,”said Deepro R. Mukerjee, partner and national co-chair of Katten’s Patent Litigation practice.

With a deep knowledge of chemistry, polymer science, biochemistry and biophysics, Dr. Malik has a wide-ranging patent practice which includes patent litigation, post-grant patent practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), patent counseling, licensing and prosecution with a particular focus on pharmaceutical litigation and counseling under the Hatch-Waxman and Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Acts. Dr. Malik holds a PhD in Polymer Science and Engineering and a master’s degree in Chemistry.

Patexia, a patent research platform based in California, reviewed the performance and activity of more than 5,000 attorneys representing petitioners and patent owners over a span of five years to identify the most active and best-performing attorneys. The top 100 list represents the top 2 percent of all IPR attorneys and is based on data compiled from public sources including the USPTO,the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, and Public Access to Court Electronic Records.

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