Matt Simmons is an Associate in the Intellectual Property Practice of the firm's Dallas Office. Matt’s practice focuses on intellectual property litigation, USPTO post-grant proceedings, patent prosecution, and strategic IP counseling.

Matt, who is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, has extensive experience drafting and prosecuting patents across cutting-edge technology areas. This includes experience working on hundreds of prosecution matters in the semiconductor, wireless communications, fiber optics, optoelectronics, cloud computing and security, and home automation/security systems spaces, among others.

Matt also regularly assists clients in ex parte reexaminations (EPRs) and inter partes review (IPR) proceedings before the Patent Trial & Appeal Board. He is well-versed in the USPTO’s approach to discretionary denials and has helped clients both overcome discretionary denial and defeat institution at the discretionary stage.

Matt has worked on litigation matters relating to semiconductor operation and manufacture, wireless communications, 3D dental imaging and scanning, and application development tools. He has also assisted clients in responding to demand letters with strong invalidity and noninfringement positions that caused patent owners to forego further action.

Matt earned his J.D. from Texas A&M University School of Law School of Law, where he graduated first in his class while serving as the Managing Editor of the Journal of Law and Civil Governance at Texas A&M and a Staff Editor for the Texas A&M Law Review. He also holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Brigham Young University, where he graduated magna cum laude.