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OUR APPROACH

Achieving our clients’ business goals through efficient and high-quality work, we handle complex intellectual property matters for some of the world’s leading innovators.

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NEWS

Smith Baluch LLP Recognized as a Leading PTAB Firm in 2025 Patexia Rankings

“Smith Baluch LLP has been recognized as the #2 best overall performing law firm at the PTAB (representing petitioners and patent owners) and #4 best performing petitioner law firm, out of 850 firms in the 2025 Patexia PTAB Intelligence Report. Our Firm was among the top 50 most active firms for petitioners and top 100 […]

Smith Baluch LLP Welcomes Juliet Mitchell Dirba as Partner

“We are excited to announce that Juliet Mitchell Dirba has joined Smith Baluch LLP as the firm’s newest partner. She brings with her nearly two decades of patent law experience, including as a PTAB Administrative Patent Judge and as a senior patent attorney and director at Advanced Micro Devices. In her role as APJ, Juliet […]

ELANCO WINS AT PTAB

Smith Baluch successfully defeated an inter partes review challenge at the PTAB against Elanco’s patent protecting its blockbuster Seresto flea collar.  Read more here.

AGC WINS AT PTAB

Smith Baluch successfully defended AGC Inc.’s patent against an inter partes review challenge at the PTAB.  Read more here.

Sony wins at Federal Circuit

Smith Baluch scored a complete victory for Sony at the Federal Circuit in two appeals involving solid-state imaging devices, upholding Sony’s IPR wins at the PTAB.

SMITH BALUCH WINS AT PTAB

Smith Baluch won two IPRs for its client against all challenged claims and proposed amended claims in two patents on 3D pointing devices.

Sherwin-Williams wins at Federal Circuit

Smith Baluch notched two wins at the Federal Circuit for The Sherwin-Williams Company, defending its patents in two inter partes reexaminations.

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Careers

Grow Your Career With Us

Our attorneys and patent professionals come from diverse backgrounds but share a common passion for innovation. We pride ourselves on bringing the same level of creativity to solving our clients’ complex legal challenges as our clients bring to solving the world’s complex technological challenges. Top-caliber candidates for all positions (lateral partners, associates, paralegals) are encouraged to send a resume to recruiting@smithbaluch.com.

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