Patric Reinbold is a litigation associate in O’Melveny’s Washington, DC office. Patric focuses his practice on intellectual property matters.
Prior to joining the firm, Patric served as a judicial law clerk to the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board where he drafted bench memoranda, orders, and decisions for AIA trials and appeals. Patric also worked for NASA where, among other things, he drafted utility patent claims, nonprovisional applications, and performed other patent-related work. Before attending law school, Patric worked as a mechanical engineer for several companies. His technical experience spans multiple industries including renewable fuel, industrial design, instrumentation, fabrication, and assembly.
Patric also contributes to the firm’s pro bono practice, assisting with veteran’s advocacy focusing on discharge upgrades and as a member of the O’Melveny team bringing a constitutional challenge to Georgia’s ban on gender-affirming medical care for transgender children.
- Defending international consumer electronics company in a 9-patent case involving GPS, location sharing, and mobile notification technologies (E.D. Tex.)
- Defending one of the world’s largest media companies in a patent infringement case involving an Internet media and advertisement distribution patent (D. Del.)
- Defending leading semiconductor memory maker in a patent infringement case involving vertical 3D-stacked memory technology; case stayed after successful institution of IPR
- Defending leading mobile device maker in a patent infringement case relating to location detection technology for mobile devices; case stayed after successful institution of IPR
Admissions
Bar Admissions
- District of Columbia
- Wisconsin
Admitted to Practice
- US Patent and Trademark Office
Education
- University of Wisconsin, J.D.: cum laude; Dean’s List; Best Performance Award; Senior Managing Editor, Wisconsin Law Review
- University of Iowa, B.S., Mechanical Engineering: University Honors; Honors in Engineering; President’s List; Dean’s List; Nile C. Kinnick Scholar
Professional Activities
Clerkship
- US Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board
Internship
- Honorable James D. Peterson, US District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin
Author
- “Taking Artificial Intelligence Beyond the Turing Test,” Wisconsin Law Review, 2020 WIS. L. REV. 873