Joseph W. Schmidt, an intellectual property lawyer with extensive experience in patent preparation and prosecution, licensing, contracts, trademarks and copyrights, has joined Harris Beach PLLC as senior counsel.

Joseph has developed a healthcare and technology focus in his IP practice that includes the mechanical, biomechanical, electro-mechanical and electrical arts. He has extensive experience in the medical fields including orthopedics, orthopedic implants, spinal implants and associated instrumentation, spinal rod systems, laparoscopic instrumentation, catheter systems, stents and stent delivery systems, embolization devices, wound care, incontinence products, medical product packaging, heart valves, heart monitors, dialysis and other medical devices and conditions.

Earlier in his career, Joseph prepared and prosecuted multiple national and foreign applications directed to the innovative implantable Jarvik-7 artificial heart invented by Dr. Robert K. Jarvik.

Registered before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Joseph also has a broad IP practice with experience in matters surrounding computer software, cloud applications, blockchain technology, semiconductor manufacturing and business applications.

Joseph joins the Harris Beach Intellectual Property Law Group, which consists of attorneys with strong backgrounds and a wealth of knowledge in sophisticated technical fields including physics, computer engineering, electrical engineering, medicine, mechanical engineering, chemistry, biotechnology, optics, environmental engineering, fluid dynamics and civil, structural, and process engineering.

About Harris Beach

Founded in 1856, Harris Beach and its subsidiaries provide legal and professional services to clients across New York state, as well as nationally and internationally. Harris Beach is among the country’s top law firms as ranked by The National Law Journal and ranks as a BTI Elite law firm based on in-depth interviews of more than 600 corporate counsel at the world’s largest and most influential companies. Clients include Fortune 100 corporations, privately held companies, emerging businesses, public sector entities, not-for-profit organizations and individuals. Principal industries Harris Beach represents include cannabis, education, energy, financial, food and beverage, health care, insurance, manufacturing, medical and life sciences, real estate developers, science and technology, veterinary medicine, and state and local governments and authorities. Our more than 210 lawyers and consultants practice from offices throughout New York state in Albany, Buffalo, Ithaca, Long Island, New York City, Rochester, Saratoga Springs, Syracuse, and White Plains, as well as from offices in New Haven, Connecticut, Newark, New Jersey, and Washington, DC. For more information, go to www.harrisbeach.com.