(Seyed) Vahid Sharifi is admitted to the state bars of Illinois and California (inactive), and is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Tehran University in 1990, and a Master of Science in Engineering from Northwestern University in 1993. He is a graduate of Loyola University School of Law (May 2000).

He is a registered Professional Engineer, and a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. He is also a member of the American Bar Association, the American Intellectual Property Law Association, and the National Society of Professional Engineers.

Seyed has successfully prosecuted hundreds of patent applications for fortune 500 clients, spanning a broad range of technologies in telecommunications, software & hardware, advanced electronics, biomedical and electro-mechanical systems. Before specializing in intellectual property law, he was a registered professional engineer with Mid-America Engineers in Chicago, Illinois.

Vahid has written numerous articles on patent prosecution including: “Telephone Interviews with the Examiner” (Intellectual Property Today, February 2003), “Using Patents to Protect Your Rights on the Web” (Start Magazine, July 2001), and “Hard Facts on Software Patents.”