Biography:
Mr. Roberto Rios is a patent agent registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Prior to joining the firm, he worked as a Patent Agent with Patenting Consulting Group and as a Patent Analyst at Landon-IP where he specialized in intellectual property matters, such as: state of the art searches, patentability searches, infringement searches, clearance searches and analysis. Mr. Rios worked as a Patent Examiner at the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) for six years in various electrical, electronics, telecommunications and applied control technologies. Mr. Rios' area of practice is directed to patent drafting and prosecution.
Mr. Rios is an active member of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, the American Intellectual Property Law Association and a founding member of the Asociación de Profesionales de la Propiedad Intelectual de Puerto Rico.
Mr. Rios graduated from the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus, School of Engineering where he obtained his Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering. While working at the USPTO, he attended George Mason University, School of Engineering, where he took graduate courses related to semiconductor technologies.