Grace Schulz

Phone: (650) 346-5242

Email: grace@mlo-ip.com

Education:

BSME from Purdue University

MSME from University of California at Berkeley

Grace Schulz

Operations Manager and Patent Agent

Grace Schulz has over 20 years of patent experience including prosecuting patents from provisional applications through appeals, performing prior art searches, providing freedom-to-operate analyses, conducting design-arounds, and analyzing claim coverage. Her primary technical areas include solar energy systems, solar cells, semiconductors, e-beam lithography, medical devices, additive manufacturing and consumer products.

Before entering the patent field, Grace served as Director of Research and Development for VNUS Medical Technologies. She was also a project development engineer for Guidant. Her R&D career included developing cardiovascular catheters from concept through market launch, being involved with regulatory filings, managing the patent portfolio, and participating in animal studies and clinical trials. Grace is a named inventor on eight patents.

Grace holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, and a Master of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley in Berkeley, California. Her honors include being named Purdue Outstanding Senior Engineer and being awarded a National Science Foundation Fellowship. Grace is registered to practice with the US Patent and Trademark Office.

Grace supports her community by serving in leadership roles at her church.