Jennifer L. Soerensen is a patent agent based in Fitch Even’s Chicago office. She assists with the preparation and prosecution of U.S. and foreign patent applications, including analyzing prior art, conducting patentability and freedom-to-operate searches and analyses, preparing applications, and preparing application amendments and responses to USPTO actions.
Jenn works with clients in diverse industries that include chemicals and chemical engineering, biotechnology, food and beverage processing and packaging, and agricultural products. Her prior experience as a patent paralegal with Fitch Even provided a basis for her familiarity with our clients and an understanding of their needs and goals.
Earlier in her career, Jenn spent several years in academia, teaching undergraduates and engaging in research. Through that experience she honed her ability to identify and outline issues insightfully, to break down and explain concepts with subtlety, and to argue rigorous subject matter persuasively—all skills she draws on when advocating for an invention’s patentability.
- Assisted with prosecution of U.S. patent applications directed to coffee and dairy products for a global beverage company.
- Assisted with patentability searches in preparation for U.S. patent applications for a global Fortune 200 food and beverage company.
- Assisted with prosecution of U.S. patent applications directed to animal feed supplements for a privately held animal nutrition company.
Publications
- “Aquinas on the Nature of the Human Soul.” American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly, vol. 91, no. 3, 2017: 381–98.
- “The Finite and the Infinite in the Phenomenology: Pure Insight, Faith, and the Phaedrus.” The Heythrop Journal, vol. 55, no. 5, Sept. 2014: 769–82.
- “Search, Rest, and Grace in Pascal.” International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, vol. 76, no. 1, Aug. 2014: 19–40.
- “The Local Problem of God’s Hiddenness: A Critique of van Inwagen’s Criterion of Philosophical Success.” International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, vol. 74, no. 3, Dec. 2013: 297–314.
