Joseph J. Jochman

Joseph J. Jochman is a partner at Andrus, Sceales, Starke & Sawall

Joe’s practice covers a broad range of domestic and international intellectual property matters for an extensive client base including heavy machinery, consumer products, and manufacturing processes in diverse industries, such as paper converting, water treatment, packaging, material handling, consumer electronics, office equipment and business systems. His practice focuses primarily on patent and trademark prosecution and includes extensive experience in drafting and assisting clients in the negotiation of licensing and technology transfer agreements. In nearly 38 years of practice, Joe has had in-depth exposure to a great variety of mechanical technologies, electronic control technologies and inorganic chemistry developments, and process technology experience spanning all of the foregoing areas.

He is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a B.S. in Civil Engineering (1962) and a J.D. in law (1966).

Joe is admitted to practice in Wisconsin and before both U.S. District Courts in Wisconsin, and before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He is a member of the American Bar Association, its section of Intellectual Property, and a member of the Committee on Patent and Trademark Office Affairs.

Approximately half of Joe’s career, prior to joining Andrus, Sceales, Starke & Sawall, was devoted to in-house corporate practice in the patent departments of two Fortune 500 companies.