Biography
Jessica Kaiser, partner and co-chair of Perkins Coie’s post-grant practice, represents established and emerging technology, telecommunications, and life sciences companies in complex IP disputes. As a former LAPJ at the USPTO, Jessica managed and decided numerous cases before the PTAB in AIA trials. She also worked with USPTO and PTAB leadership in developing and implementing PTAB reforms, including agency rulemaking, a pilot program for motions to amend patent claims during AIA trials, PTAB statistics, and remote hearing operations.
Before joining the USPTO, Jessica was a staff attorney in the Office of General Counsel at the CAFC, providing legal advice to the court, including on mandamus petitions and all types of motions filed prior to an appeal being assigned to a merits panel. Prior to that, Jessica was a patent litigation partner at another firm.
Early in her career, Jessica clerked at the Federal Circuit in Washington, D.C., and at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Jessica has also worked as an engineer for Dow Chemical Company, Exxon Company USA (now Exxon Mobil Corporation), and Tosco Refining Company (now ConocoPhillips).