Geary, Stephen B.

Tara M. Raghavan is a partner at Rakoczy Molino Mazzochi Siwik LLP. Her practice includes patent counseling and opinion work as well as complex patent litigation, particularly relating to the Hatch-Waxman Amendments to the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.

Ms. Raghavan is registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office and has had significant experience preparing and prosecuting patents. The technological fields with which Ms. Raghavan has experience include such diverse areas as the mechanical arts (including medical devices), business methods and systems, the chemical arts (both organic and inorganic, including polymers and hydrogen fuel reforming methods), and pharmaceuticals. Prior to joining Rakoczy Molino Mazzochi Siwik LLP, Ms. Raghavan worked on trademark litigation, trademark prosecution, and copyright prosecution matters at Denison & Associates in Chicago.

Prior to attending law school, Ms. Raghavan worked as an organic chemistry intern for Stat Analysis (Hi Tek Environmental), an environmental testing firm in Chicago’s Technology Park, where she prepared soil samples for chlorine and CFC analysis. She also served as a Research Assistant for the University of Illinois at Chicago Economics Department. In that capacity, Ms. Raghavan helped to organize Emissions Trading conferences at the Federal Reserve Bank in Chicago and edit conference volumes.