Biography
Adam Burns specializes in patent portfolio management, patent prosecution, and in post-grant proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). He has experience with technologies ranging from additive manufacturing, automation systems, and robotics to food technologies.
Before joining BoMc, Adam worked as a judicial law clerk for the PTAB, drafting decisions for administrative patent judges and working with the Director of the USPTO on Director Review requests. Adam also worked at a small boutique intellectual property firm while in law school, focusing on patent prosecution, trademark, and copyright litigation matters.
Before law school, Adam worked as an electrical engineer in automation for a manufacturing company in Connecticut. He earned a law degree from the University of Connecticut School of Law and a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from the University of Connecticut, Storrs. As an undergraduate, Adam served as Vice President of his school’s chapter of IEEE-HKN, the Electrical Engineering Honor Society. During law school, Adam was the President of the Intellectual Property and Technology Law Society, an editor of the Connecticut Insurance Law Journal, and served in the UConn IP Law Clinic.
* Practice supervised by the partners of BoMc
Highlights
- Served as a judicial law clerk at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB).
- Worked with the Director of the USPTO and Advisory Committee to resolve requests for Director Review in inter partes review proceedings.
- Worked with administrative patent judges to resolve post-grant proceedings and appeals before the PTAB.
Bar Admissions
- Connecticut
Education
- University of Connecticut School of Law, J.D., 2023
- University of Connecticut, B.S., Electrical Engineering, minor in mathematics, 2018
Professional Recognition
- CALI Award for Excellence, highest grade in Intellectual Property
- CALI Award for Excellence, highest grade in UConn IP Law Clinic
- Hinkle Entrepreneurship Competition, Winner, 2022