Kelly Hollowell
Kelly Hollowell is the founder and managing partner of Hollowell Patent Group. Dr. Hollowell has over 25 years’ experience and has built highly successful IP practices and platforms for multiple firms across the United States.
Dr. Hollowell has a proven track record in patent prosecution and portfolio management with over 1000 patents filed in over 90 countries. Dr. Hollowell also has significant experience in infringement analysis, litigation support, licensing and contracts.
Subject Matter proficiencies include medical devices, renewable energy systems, fitness devices, health and beauty products, mechanical systems, food technology and consumer products pharmacology and drug delivery systems, DNA technology and stem cell therapy.
Dr. Hollowell is licensed in VA and TN and is a registered Patent Attorney since 1998.
Richard A. Baker, Jr, CLP
Richard Baker is a senior patent practitioner with over 23 years of experience drafting patent applications and negotiating claim scope with patent examiners. For the past several years, Mr. Baker filed between 25-30 patents per year and had a similar number issue from the US Patent and Trademark Office.
Rich Baker is a member of the US Patent Bar, the President of the National Association of Patent Practitioners, a Certified Licensing Professional, and served as trustee of the Licensing Executives Society (LES) USA and Canada. He is a named inventor on 35 US patents.
Mr. Baker has split the past two decades evenly between operating his own firm (New England Intellectual Property) and serving in-house as the Director of Intellectual Property for Bottomline Technologies, 3Com Corporation, and Schneider Automation.
Mr Baker’s graduate studies include intellectual property at Franklin Pierce Law Center and computer science at Harvard University. He holds a BSc in computer science and English (dual major) from the University of New Hampshire, where he also minored in electrical engineering.
Paul Pyla
Paul Pyla is an experienced biotech patent attorney with an additional 11 years as a patent Examiner at the United States Patent and Trademark Office in the Biochemistry and Organic Chemistry Technology Center and 15 years as a protein biochemist.
Paul’s patent practice is focused on biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and chemical industry clients in the areas of biologics, small molecules, pharmaceutical and chemical formulations, polymers, and manufacturing processes. He is experienced in drafting and prosecuting patent applications in the chemical and pharmaceutical arts, providing infringement and invalidity opinions, freedom to operate analysis, global prior art searches and analysis (including pre-examination analysis) and prosecuting applications within worldwide portfolios.
Paul’s examination experience focused on biological cells (e.g., stem cells, regulatory T cells, keratinocytes, adipocytes, podocytes), enzymes, microorganisms (algae, bacteria, fungi), tissues, tissue engineering, immunology, tissue culture, tissue scaffolds, bioethanol/biofuels, biomass hydrolysis and biofermentations, microbial fuel cells, animal feed compositions, microbial and probiotic compositions, and carbon nanotube compositions.
Paul is licensed to practice law in the state of Missouri and is a registered patent attorney with the USPTO. Paul holds a Bachelor of Science degree, majoring in chemistry, from Missouri Baptist University – St. Louis, Missouri, and a Juris Doctor from St. Louis University School of Law, St. Louis Missouri.
Taylor Bradham
Taylor Bradham has a technical background in physics and focuses his practice on several areas of patent law, including cloud-based computing systems, AI, enterprise device management software, oil and gas machinery, and others. He performs patent counseling, including shaping client portfolios by drafting and successfully prosecuting patent applications at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Taylor also assists with all areas of patent litigation, including helping clients enforce indemnity provisions in licensing contracts.
Taylor is registered with the USPTO and is licensed to practice law in the state of Georgia.
Robert “Bobby” Bronchick, J.D.
Bobby has a BS in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Central Florida in 2020, and a Juris Doctor Degree (Cum Laude) from The University of New Hampshire: Franklin Pierce School of Law in 2024. He further studied at the ZHAW: School of Engineering in Switzerland.
Bobby is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and has experience prosecuting utility and design applications in the US and internationally. He has experience in a range of technologies including mechanical devices, software systems, and lasers and optical systems.
Bobby is also an Eagle Scout. In his time at Franklin Pierce, Bobby was on the Executive Committees for IDEA: The Intellectual Property Law Review of the Franklin Pierce Law Center, the Student Intellectual Property Law Association, and the Patent Law Forum.
Carl Giordano
Mr. Giordano’s legal career has advanced through both corporate and large law firms. He was Assistant General Counsel of System Management ARTS (SMARTS) in White Plains, NY, where he prepared and prosecuted patents in the network management and diagnostic field and software licensing. At SMARTS, he developed and managed a patent portfolio management system that reduced the cost of patent portfolio development by reviewing and managing outside counsel costs. He also advised senior management with regard to Intellectual Property portfolio development and management for various business units covering patents for engineering, Trademarks for marketing and Copyrights for documentation.
Other specialties include LCD displays, Field Emission Technology display, Electrophoretic displays, telecommunication, lasers, the Internet and Business technologies, optical communication, next generation radio/internet systems, airborne electronic warfare equipment, capable of signal detection, signal processing and signal suppression systems.
Mr. Giordano holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical) degree and a Master of Engineering (Electrical) degree from The City College of New York.
Mr. Giordano is licensed to practice in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut and registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Victor Castellucci
A Silicon Valley veteran with over two decades of IP acquisition, management, and commercialization expertise, Victor Castellucci has led the patent process for many of America’s largest and most successful corporations. He has broad experience in all aspects of patent prosecution in the electrical and mechanical arts, emphasizing computer hardware and software, robotic systems, telecommunications and data encoding protocols, bioinformatics, and medical diagnostics systems.
Victor also provides strategic IP counsel including: preparation of licensing and technology transfer agreements; analysis, evaluation, and management of technology portfolios; preparation of opinions of counsel regarding validity, infringement, enforceability, and freedom to operate; and audits of in-house IP management practices. He has provided opinions of counsel on some of the most contentious patents in recent memory and has evaluated high-profile patent portfolios on behalf of top online retailers, consumer electronics and microprocessor technology companies, and natural resource prospectors.
Victor is licensed in CA, DC, and FL and has been registered with the United States Patent & Trademark Office since 1998.
Tricia Brzostowicz
Registered Patent Agent
Tricia Brzostowicz is a USPTO registered patent agent with experience in U.S. and foreign prosecution from her work at a top IP firm and Fortune 100 chemical company. Her proficiencies span the chemical, biological, and physical science technology areas. Following completion of her master’s degree in microbiology, she managed a research program in the industrial biotechnology group at DuPont, becoming an inventor of seven issued patents. After four years in research, she transferred to DuPont Legal Services where she drafted applications and managed patent dockets for intra- and inter-company research teams. Tricia assists clients in identifying the right intellectual property, performs patent searches, prepares patent applications, and responds to USPTO and foreign office actions during the patent prosecution process.
Sarah Steen Bessinger
Sarah Steen Bessinger is a native of Bowling Green, Kentucky graduating summa cum laude with a Bachelor’s degree from Western Kentucky University in 2011, and a Juris Doctor degree cum laude from Northern Kentucky University in 2015. Sarah has been with Hollowell Patent Group for 5 years offering services in trademark law, contracts, licensing and local government civil matters. Outside of her career, Sarah enjoys being an active member of the Warren County community by serving as a board member for Megan’s Mobile Grocery and SoKY Marketplace and volunteering with Glory Baby Ministry. Sarah is licensed to practice law in Kentucky.