Nicole Candelori

Nicole Candelori practices in the area of intellectual property law with a focus on patent and trademark prosecution and Patent Trial and Appeal Board proceedings. With regard to patent prosecution, she performs prior art searches, writes office action responses, and drafts patent applications for a variety of mechanical, communication, and artificial intelligence technologies. She also assists attorneys in a number of inter partes review proceedings on both the patent owner and petitioner’s sides.

She is a member of the Technology, Media, and Telecom industry group at Duane Morris and has worked on numerous patent matters involving cellular networking and communications technologies, fiber optic network technologies and medical devices. Ms. Candelori is also a member of the Fashion, Retail and Consumer Branded Products industry group at Duane Morris. She has worked on several design and utility patent prosecution matters for clients in this industry.

In her pro bono efforts, Ms. Candelori coordinates volunteers for a bi-monthly legal clinic for veterans, as well as a monthly legal clinic specifically for female veterans. Additionally, she has drafted and prosecuted patent applications pro bono for a low-income inventor.

Ms. Candelori graduated with honors from George Washington University Law School’s evening program, and she holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Virginia School of Engineering & Applied Science.

Not admitted in D.C. Practice in D.C. limited to matters and proceedings before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and federal courts.