Philip Albert

Philip Albert is a partner in the Intellectual Property Practice Group of the San Francisco office of Haynes Boone. His practice focuses on patent prosecution, including interfacing with patent practitioners in other countries, setting up internal patent review processes so that limited resources are allocated to the most important inventions, evaluating patents of others for purchase, licensing, or design-around, and addressing intellectual property components of a larger transaction, acquisition or due diligence project. He has significant experience representing clients developing many critical technologies, including streaming, network protocols, network security, artificial intelligence, blockchain, animation, and the Internet of Things.

An engineer by training, Phil previously worked at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and founded a company that produced semi-custom software and turnkey computer systems for accounting tasks and bank operations.

Having been deposed as patent prosecuting attorney many times, Phil brings that experience to the patent prosecution process so that issued patents are more likely to be more defensible in licensing or litigation.

Clients also appreciate how Phil is able to bridge the intersection of technology and intellectual property law, helping technologists understand what they need to know about legal issues involved in their matters and helping legal teams understand what they need to know about technology involved in their matters.