Matthew Marrone is a Shareholder at McAndrews who counsels clients in all aspects of intellectual property law, including litigation and transactional work. Matthew is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and has prepared and prosecuted numerous patent applications on various technologies, including industrial construction and related systems, quantum computing systems, quantum information science (QIS), quantum sensors, cloud computing systems, aviation and avionics systems, semiconductor wafer substrates, semiconductor packaging, batteries and battery manufacturing technology, AI-powered data analysis systems, internet of things (IoT) technologies, data collection devices, removable computer storage devices, smart batteries, wireless networks and communications, medical devices, optical systems, optical fiber, waveguides, e-commerce platforms, robotic applications, and gaming systems and devices.

Recognized on the 2024 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch list, much of his prosecution experience has been highly strategic, involving the ongoing analysis of market conditions and competitors’ patent positions with the goal of developing significant patent portfolios to protect product lines or generate revenue. Further, over the course of his career, Matthew has drafted intellectual property-related agreements and rendered numerous opinions on patent validity and infringement issues.

Before practicing law, Matthew served as a logistical officer in the Ohio Army National Guard, deploying to both Kosovo and Kuwait. Additionally, Matthew taught Physics for two years at an international high school in Beijing, China. During law school, Matthew earned a certificate in intellectual property, with honors, as well as serving as student representative for the ABA Veteran’s Advocacy Initiative. Before joining McAndrews, Matthew worked as an attorney with a patent law firm in Cleveland, Ohio, as well as working as a patent agent for a Fortune 500 corporation.

Matthew is currently the Chair of the American Intellectual Property Law Association’s (AIPLA) Patent Relations with the USPTO Committee, a Board Member with the Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago (IPLAC), and an Industry Advisor to the P33 Quantum Council. Matthew previously served as Vice Chair of AIPLA’s Patent Relations with the USPTO Committee, the Chair of IPLAC’s Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Committee, and the Co-Chair of IPLAC’s Annual Symposium Committee. He also serves as the lead attorney for McAndrews’ collaboration with Duality, the nation’s first accelerator exclusively for quantum companies. Duality is led by the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Chicago and the Chicago Quantum Exchange (CQE), along with founding partners, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Argonne National Laboratory, and P33.