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Grant Johnson
Grant D. Johnson
Associate
Washington +1 202 662 5867 gjohnson@cov.com Download V-card
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Grant Johnson is an associate in the firm’s Washington, DC office and a member of the Patent Litigation and Patent Advisory groups.  His practice focuses on patent litigation, patent prosecution, and post-issuance proceedings in the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office.  Before coming to Covington, Mr. Johnson worked as a patent examiner at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office.

  • Representing a tissue graft provider in patent litigation in the Eastern District of Virginia.
  • Representing a major agricultural manufacturer in a three-week jury trial in the Southern District of Iowa.
  • Representing a major media firm in multiple related inter partes reexamination proceedings at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office.

Pro Bono

  • Drafting and prosecuting a US patent application directed to social networks to facilitate charitable giving on behalf of a non-profit organization.
  • Drafting a US patent application directed to irrigation pumps for use in developing countries on behalf of a non-profit organization.

Previous Experience

  • Mr. Johnson was a patent examiner in the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office from 2007-2012, where he examined patent applications directed to graphical user interfaces and related technologies.

Practices

Education

Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 2013

  • magna cum laude
  • Order of the Coif
  • the Leon Robbin Patent Award

University of Michigan, B.S.E., 2007

  • Electrical Engineering

Bar Admissions

  • District of Columbia
  • U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
  • Virginia