Lauren E. Burrow

• Defended six patents relating to intravascular blood pumps for Maquet Cardiovascular LLC against 20 IPR challenges brought by Abiomed Inc. All 20 challenges were denied by the PTAB. 
• Represented Ford Motor Company in eight IPR challenges involving four patents relating to a fuel management system for variable ethanol octane enhancement of gasoline engines.
• Defended patent owners K2M Inc. and Stryker Corporation in five IPR challenges involving patents relating to rod reduction devices used in spinal surgery. The PTAB refused to institute proceedings on three of the petitions and issued final written decisions rejecting all the petitioner’s grounds in the remaining two petitions. 
• Represented New NGC Inc. dba National Gypsum Company in seven IPR challenges with patents relating to gypsum containing board and tile and methods for producing the same. 

Lauren Burrow is a senior associate on Alston & Bird’s Intellectual Property – Chemical Patents Team. Lauren focuses her practice on preparing and prosecuting U.S. and foreign patent applications in polymers, nonwovens, pharmaceuticals, chemical compositions, medical devices, and industrial chemical processes. 

In addition to patent prosecution, Lauren represents petitioners and patent owners in inter partes review (IPR) proceedings before the USPTO’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). She conducts research and analysis on infringement, validity, enforceability, patentability, and freedom to operate and conducts due diligence to aid in validity and valuation of patent portfolios. In trademark law, she focuses on domestic and foreign prosecution, trademark clearance investigations, and trademark enforcement matters. 

She was ranked first in the top 100 best performing attorneys representing patent owners in the PTAB and among the top 25 best performing attorneys representing petitioners or patent owners in the PTAB for 2018 by Patexia. She was also named to the PTAB Bar Association’s “Top 50 Women in PTAB Trials,” which identifies female practitioners who have appeared in the highest number of PTAB trial proceedings since 2012. 

Bar Admissions

• North Carolina
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Education

• The University of North Carolina (J.D., 2014)
• Duke University (B.S., 2011)