Education
1977 Moscow Institute of Electronic Techniques, M.S. Electrical Engineering
1993 Moscow Institute of Patent Studies, Patent Attorney Diploma
Professional Concentration
Patent Prosecution
International IP Protection
Technical Areas
Business Methods
Electronics/Computer Hardware
Internet/E-Commerce
Mechanical Technology
Software
Bar Admissions
U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
Professional Associations
American Intellectual Property Law Association
Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago

Lilia I. Safonov

Lilia I. Safonov
Patent Agent

Chicago, IL office
Suite 1600
120 South LaSalle Street
Chicago, Illinois 60603
Tel: 312.577.7000
Fax: 312.577.7007
Lilia is a patent agent registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. She has been a Patent Agent with the firm since 2001. Prior to joining the firm, she worked as a Patent Agent with Chicago law firms of Chapman and Cutler, and Keck, Mahin & Cate. She also was a Patent Attorney for fourteen years in the former USSR, Republic of Moldova, working for the All-Union Patent Service Center and the Academy of Science of Republic of Moldova. Lilia has worked in the United States for ten years.

Lilia's main area of practice is patent prosecution, specifically electrical, electronics and communications. She also actively supports the firm's international practice, filing and prosecuting foreign national and international patent applications. She is fluent in Russian.