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Akin
Robert S. Strauss Tower
2001 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20006-1037
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States

Work Department

Partner; Intellectual Property

Position

Andrew is one of country’s most active patent attorneys before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board of the USPTO and has been involved in over 50 inter partes reviews since the start of 2015, acting as lead counsel in the majority of his cases. Andrew has considerable experience with due diligence investigations, particularly in the pharmaceutical and diagnostics field. The subject matter of Andrew’s work involves many different technologies, including gas turbofan engines, hybrid vehicle technology, and pharmaceutical formulations. His extensive experience also covers most biotechnology-related fields, such as plant molecular biology, genetics, biochemistry, and immunology, as well as medical devices and other biomechanical technologies.

To learn more about Andrew, please visit his profile here: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/andrew-holtman.html

Career

Before entering the practice of law, Andrew served as a research fellow at Rutgers University, where he focused on molecular genetics. Andrew also served as a research associate for an immunology corporation, studying coat-protein and cellular interactions of HIV and corresponding screening assays.

Memberships

  • American Chemical Society
  • Federal Circuit Bar Association

Education

  • J.D., The George Washington University Law School, 2001
  • Ph.D., Rutgers University, New Brunswick, 1998
  • B.S., Rutgers University, New Brunswick, 1993

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)

Akin offers a team of attorneys with extensive experience in all aspects of intellectual property-related litigation, and are highly active in cases in federal district courts. Clients of the team include Fortune 500 companies, multinational corporations, research foundations, and government agencies. The breadth of the team’s capabilities are evident through its work for Boston Scientific against Nevro Corp, spanning multiple patent infringement claims, petitions before the Patent Trial and Appeals Board, and appeals to the Federal Circuit. Based in Philadelphia, Steven Maslowski is the head of the team, acting as first chair for many of the team’s most prominent clients. Cono Carrano leads the Washington DC IP group, with vast experience in semiconductors, electronics, software, and wireless tech. Also based in DC, Julius Chen, Rachel Elsby, Andrew Holtman, and Brandon Rash are key figures.