Sarah Knight

Sarah Knight is a founding partner of Talem IP Law and heads the Patent Team. Sarah’s practice includes patent preparation and prosecution, as well as opinion and diligence work. She is also involved in counseling clients with respect to patent portfolio generation, management, and strategy for US and international protection.

Sarah is involved with the University of Florida’s Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering as a Guest Lecturer for the Introduction to Electrical Engineering course at the University of Florida. She was the Chair of the Patent Law Committee of the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) from 2017 to 2019 and is currently involved in Procedural Patent Harmonization topics.

• To capture innovation in a readable and usable manner
• To support and empower business, commercialization, and growth

For clients, colleagues, and innovators, Sarah is committed to assisting the IP industry flourish through cooperation and exchange of ideas.

Sarah is an avid reader, eater, and quiet seeker.

• Florida
• US Patent and Trademark Office

• University of Florida College of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2006
• University of Florida, M.S. Electrical Engineering
  – Specialization in Electronic Circuits and Devices
• University of Florida, B.S. Electrical Engineering, 2001
  – Certificate in Electronics
• St. Petersburg College, A.A., 1999

• Semiconductor Devices (including packaging and fabrication)
• Electronic Circuits
• Cyber Security and Secure systems
• Medical Devices
• Imaging
• Software Applications and Products
• Payment Products and Systems

• IP Strategy and counseling
• Patent preparation and prosecution
• Patentability analysis, freedom-to-operate analysis, claim scope analysis, infringement opinions
• Diligence/file history review

• AIPLA Annual Meeting, Track 1 session: Knock Knock! Patent Eligible Subject Matter in 2019 in the US and Abroad, “Strategies for Claiming Inventions Involving Software and Algorithms,” October 24, 2018
• Keynote speaker, University of Florida Integrated Product & Process Design Review “The IPPD Stack – Developing Multiple Skills for Success,” December 5, 2017
• 53rd Annual Conference on Intellectual Property Law, Center for American and International Law “Overcoming challenges in drafting and prosecuting patent applications on software inventions,” November 16, 2015
• AIPLA Webinar, USPTO Section 101 Guidelines: Part I, February 12, 2015
• AIPLA Webinar, “Alice where are you going?” December 3, 2014

• American Intellectual Property Association (AIPLA)
  – Patent Law Committee Chair (2017-2019)
  – Patent Law Committee Vice Chair (2015-2017)
  – Professional Programming Committee Member
• National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms (NAMWOLF)
  – IP Committee Member