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Matthew Avery

+1 415 291 6224 matthew.avery@bakerbotts.com View profile

Work Department

Intellectual Property

Position

Partner

Career

Matthew Avery works on a range of intellectual property matters, focusing primarily on patent prosecution, counseling, and diligence. Mr. Avery is a technology generalist, with experience in preparing and prosecuting patent applications across a wide range of technologies, including artificial intelligence/ML, AR/VR, biotech processing and therapeutic proteins, chemical processing, clean tech, consumer electronics, financial tech, online gaming, robotics, semiconductor processing, social networking, sports tech, and many other technologies. He also has experience in FDA regulatory matters, particularly dealing with the Hatch-Waxman Act, ANDA litigation, and the regulation of generic drugs. In addition to providing legal services for his clients, Mr. Avery is also an Adjunct Professor at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, where he teaches courses on Patent Prosecution and Food & Drug Law. He previously taught at Santa Clara University, School of Law.

Memberships

State Bar of California
United States Patent and Trademark Office
California Board for Professional Engineers

Education

Mr. Avery received his J.D., summa cum laude, from U.C. Hastings in 2009, where he graduated second in his class. While at Hastings, he served as a teaching assistant for Legal Writing, Moot Court, and Food & Drug Law. He also worked as a Production Editor on the Hastings Law Journal, and served as President of the Journal’s Alumni Board from 2017-2021. During law school, Mr. Avery served as a judicial extern for Justice Ming Chin of the Supreme Court of California, where he worked on a variety of criminal and civil matters.

Mr. Avery received his master’s degree in chemical engineering (focused in biochemical engineering) from Stanford University and his bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering and material science & engineering from U.C. Berkeley. Prior to law school, he spent four years working as a process engineer in Bayer Healthcare’s biotechnology division in Berkeley, California. He is also a Licensed Professional Engineer (chemical) in California.

J.D., University of California, Hastings College of the Law 2009
summa cum laude
Thurston Society
First-Year Section Award
Production Editor, Hastings Law Journal

M.S., Chemical Engineering, Stanford University 2004

B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of California at Berkeley 2001

B.S., Material Science & Engineering, University of California at Berkeley 2001

Personal

Mr. Avery is a prolific author and has received several awards recognizing his outstanding contributions to the academic literature, including the American Society for Pharmacy Law’s 2011 Larry M. Simonsmeier Writing Award, the American Intellectual Property Law Association’s 2009 Past President’s Award and U.C. Hastings’ 2009 Albert G. Evans Scholarship in Private Enterprise. He was also a finalist in the American Intellectual Property Law Association’s 2008 Watson Writing Competition. His publications have been cited in amicus briefs filed with the U.S. Supreme Court, in court decisions, and in dozens of law review articles.