Timothy V. Fisher

Tim Fisher is a patent attorney and electrical engineer specializing in patent prosecution and counseling for clients of all sizes, from startups to established technology leaders. He regularly works with stakeholders in various technical, legal, and business roles. Tim’s broad technical expertise encompasses:

• Artificial intelligence / machine learning with a focus on deep neural networks used in speech recognition, natural language understanding, speech synthesis, and image processing
• Medical devices, instrumentation, and optics including magnetic resonance imaging, laser speckle contrast imaging, fluorescence imaging, quantum cascade laser microscopy, electroencephalography, microtomes, automated external defibrillators, and artificial heart valves.
• Computer hardware and software including desktop and application virtualization, computer network infrastructure, cybersecurity, and mobile device electronics.

Tim’s patent litigation experience includes district court litigation including jury trial, and post grant review before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.

Tim is an active member of the Boston Intellectual Property Law Association (BIPLA). While serving as co-chair of the Patent Office Practice Committee, Tim prepared or co-authored public comments on behalf of the BIPLA responding to USPTO proposed guidance and rule making, on topics including "Patenting Artificial Intelligence Inventions," "Motion to Amend Practice and Procedures in Trial Proceedings under the America Invents Act before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board," "Changes in Examination Procedure Pertaining to Subject Matter Eligibility," and "Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Changes to Patent Trial and Appeal Board Trial Claim Construction Standard."