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Ava Blake is a registered patent attorney with a technical background in chemistry. She focuses her practice on domestic and international patent prosecution, patent portfolio management, freedom-to-operate assessments, due diligence analyses, and intellectual property agreements. Ava has experience advising clients across a range of fields, including materials science, small molecules, biologics and cell therapies, medical devices, and personal care products. She also provides strategic counsel on trademark clearance and prosecution, as well as intellectual property litigation support.

Ava’s combined background in science and intellectual property law allows her to develop strategies aligned with clients’ business objectives. She works closely with in-house counsel and corporate decision-makers to strengthen global patent portfolios, navigate complex prosecution matters, and secure resilient intellectual property protection.

Assisted one of the world’s largest chemical producers in managing its patent portfolio in the plastics and materials science industry, including preparing patent applications and advancing patent prosecution of domestic and international patent portfolios and participating in reexamination, interference, and appeal proceedings at the PTAB.

Advised on and negotiated the terms of intellectual property agreements addressin...

  • Georgia State University, J.D., 2013
  • Georgia State University, M.S. Organic Chemistry, 2010
  • Georgia State University, B.S. Chemistry, 2008
  • U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
  • Supreme Court of Georgia
  • Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys (GABWA) Foundation Board – Treasurer and Grant Liaison
  • The National Council on Patent Practicum, Inc. (NCPP) – Member of the Board of Advisors
  • American Chemical Society, Southeast Region

Conjugate addition of nucleophiles to the vinyl function of 2-chloro-4-vinylpyrimidine derivatives, co-authored with E. Raux, J. Klenc, A. Blake, J. Saczewski, and L. Strekowski, Molecules, 15(3), 1973–1984 (2010)