Abhay A. Watwe

Abhay A. Watwe, Ph.D., is an Of Counsel attorney at Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett, & Dunner, focusing his practice on patent litigation, prosecution, and reexaminations. His technical expertise spans mechanical, electrical, and digital technologies, including heavy machinery, engines, mechanical assemblies, electronic devices, computer-implemented systems and methods, graphical user interfaces, and telecommunications devices and systems. His background includes a decade at Intel Corporation, where he specialized in microprocessor packages, sockets, CPUs, chipset cooling solutions, and printed circuit board design and manufacturing.

Dr. Watwe demonstrates experience representing clients on both the plaintiff and defensive sides in patent disputes. His tracked appearance includes serving as counsel for Google LLC in a plaintiff-side role against Headwater Research LLC. He has also represented clients in defensive postures, notably representing petitioner SharkNinja in district court litigation and related inter partes reviews, successfully canceling all claims asserted by iRobot at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB).

His practice includes significant experience with post-grant proceedings. He regularly prepares and prosecutes inter partes review (IPR) petitions before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) across his technology focus areas.

Dr. Watwe holds a Ph.D. and is admitted to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, reflecting his deep technical and legal expertise in patent matters.