James T. Carmichael is experienced in patent litigation and has participated in dozens of trials in District Courts, both as a litigator and as an expert. He is a former Administrative Patent Judge on the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (now the Patent Trial and Appeal Board).

Before becoming a Judge, Jim served for five years as an Associate Solicitor of the PTO.  In that capacity, he represented the agency in federal court litigation and argued more than thirty cases at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

Jim is a registered patent attorney and admitted to the bar in Washington, D.C. and California.

Education

• George Mason University, 1990-1996, M.S. candidate, Electrical and Computer Engineering (no degree)
• University of Wisconsin Law School, J.D., with honors, 1987
  - Associate Editor of the Wisconsin Law Review.
  
• Yale University, B.A., 1984
  

Admissions

• U.S. Supreme Court
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
• District of Columbia
• Registered Patent Attorney, USPTO

Affiliations

• American Association of Patent Judges (current and former Administrative Patent Judges)