Justus Getty
Patent Agent
Duane Morris LLP
505 9th Street, N.W., Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20004-2166
USA
Phone: +1 202 776 7804
Fax: +1 202 478 2860
Email: JLGetty@duanemorris.com

Justus L. Getty is a patent agent for Duane Morris' Intellectual Property Practice Group. Mr. Getty prosecutes patent and trademark applications before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. He counsels and assists clients in the acquisition of U.S. and foreign patent rights in diverse technologies such as telecommunications, semiconductor design and manufacturing, financial transactions, data encryption, thin film deposition, solar cells, software, business methods and medical devices, including surgical tools and implants. He has additionally assisted in a variety of post-grant review proceedings before the USPTO.

Mr. Getty also assists attorneys with complex intellectual property litigation in U.S. Federal District Courts and before the International Trade Commission. He has assisted in patent litigation involving varied technologies such as web commerce, telecommunications, product packaging, and computer networking. In his support of patent litigation, Mr. Getty draws on a diverse set of skills, including technical knowledge from his engineering coursework, practical experience as an engineer, and understanding of contemporary legal issues as a law student.

Mr. Getty further conducts and assists with due diligence reviews of patents and trademarks, patent and trademark searches, and the drafting and analysis of intellectual property licenses.

Prior to his legal career, Mr. Getty served as a nuclear engineering officer in the U.S. Navy, managing the operation and maintenance of nuclear power plants in a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier. He later served as a policy analyst on U.S. Navy staff in Washington, D.C.

Mr. Getty is in his third year of studies at Georgetown University Law Center. He is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy (B.S., Political Science), Old Dominion University (M.E.M., Engineering Management), and the United States Naval War College (M.A., National Security and Strategic Studies).

Admissions

• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Experience

• Duane Morris LLP
  - Patent Agent, 2012-present
• United States Navy
  - Surface Warfare Officer, Nuclear, 2004-2011