Brad Van Pelt concentrates on litigation, prosecution, and counseling in all areas of intellectual property. Brad has wide-ranging experience in prosecution and counseling and has also served on teams representing various companies in patent litigation. Brad was a patent examiner at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in the early 2000s. While at the Patent and Trademark Office, Brad examined patent applications directed to the mechanical arts, especially in the automotive, transportation, and power generation arts. Brad served in the chambers of the Honorable Richard Linn of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which hears all patent appeals in the United States. Brad was also a design engineer for Sub-Zero Freezer Company where he designed testing equipment for digital refrigeration components and software.
Brad earned his undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2002. He was awarded his J.D. degree from Georgetown University in 2007. He led extra-curricular activities including the Student Intellectual Property Law Association, which he served as President. He authored “Exclusion Orders and Their Enforcement by U.S. Customs and Border Protection,” 337 Reporter, Summer Associate Edition-2006.
Brad is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He is admitted to practice in Illinois. He is also an active member of The Richard Linn American Inn of Court and the American Intellectual Property Law Association.
Mr. Van Pelt practices in the Chicago office of Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
