Overview
James (Jim) Schleicher, Ph.D., helps clients build patent portfolios that advance their business and research goals. He counsels on where to invest IP resources, how to protect the strongest innovations, and how to create portfolios with practical value. His work spans physics, chemistry, biotechnology, and other complex technologies, and he frequently represents universities seeking to protect faculty innovations.
Jim is a Principal at GTC Law Group and an experienced patent attorney. He prepares and prosecutes patent applications and advises on validity, infringement, and freedom-to-operate matters. Jim has represented clients from Fortune 500 companies to individual inventors, with particular experience helping universities protect cutting-edge, foundational technologies.
Other technology areas in which Jim has experience include spectroscopy, optical systems, semiconductors, nanotechnology, polymers, and pharmaceuticals.
Prior to joining GTC, Jim was a Partner at Quarles & Brady, LLP. Jim holds a B.S. in Chemistry from Michigan State University, an M.S. in Biophysics and Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from Yale University, and a J.D. from University of Michigan Law School.
Prior to GTC
- Partner & Associate, Quarles & Brady LLP
- Associate, Michael Best & Friedrich LLP