01Medical & Surgical Devices
Endoscopes, surgical instruments, patient monitoring
02Software
SaaS, applications, platforms
03Machine Learning & AI
Models, pipelines, applied ML systems
04Prosecution Overview
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Catherine's background starts in chemical engineering at MIT, followed by several years working as a research engineer.
Around that same time, MIT was at the center of a highly public patent dispute over CRISPR gene-editing technology. It was the first time Catherine saw engineers and scientists engaging directly with patent law — and it showed her a path that let her stay technical while also becoming an advocate.
Law school at Boston College was chosen deliberately around the eventual practice: intellectual property coursework, alongside health law — anticipating a future with medical device clients — and internet and privacy law, anticipating future software clients.
From there, Catherine trained for several years at a large Boston firm, eventually managing dozens of clients directly: surgeons, medical device inventors, software and machine learning companies, and early blockchain startups. Rather than acting as a distant outside vendor, she became something closer to an extension of each small team she worked with.
A later move led to a firm working with much larger corporate clients — and the work changed in a way that didn't sit right. Direct contact with the engineers and scientists behind the inventions became rare, replaced by conversations with corporate counsel. That direct, technical relationship was the reason Catherine had gone into this field in the first place.
Going solo meant building a practice around the clients she actually wanted to work with: early-stage inventors and founders who need someone who genuinely understands the technology, can work directly with them rather than through layers of staff, and can offer pricing that fits a startup budget rather than a large firm's overhead.
Catherine climbs, backpacks, and skis. These aren't patents she worked on — just a few real ones behind gear she actually uses and finds well designed.
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