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Sophie E. Jordan

Associate
Atlanta

Sophie Jordan is an Intellectual Property associate who focuses her practice on patent matters. Prior to joining Ballard Spahr, she worked at an Atlanta IP law firm, where she prepared and prosecuted patent applications for mechanical, electrical, biomedical, and computer technologies.

While attending law school, Sophie worked as a contracts associate for the University of Georgia’s Innovation Gateway. In that role, She negotiated nondisclosure and material-transfer agreements, conducted prior art searches for new technologies, and reviewed patent applications. She gained additional experience as a law clerk for a Georgia firm, where she drafted materials in civil and criminal cases.

Professional Highlights

Publications

Co-author, “Devices for Image-Guided Lung Interventions: State-of-the-Art Review,” Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine, March 2019

Co-author, “Using Twitter for Public Health Surveillance from Monitoring and Prediction to Public Response,” Data, December 2018

Co-author, “State-of-the-Art Technologies for UAV Inspections,” IET Radar, Sonar, & Navigation, February 2018

Credentials 

Education

University of Georgia School of Law (J.D. 2022)

University of Georgia College of Engineering (B.S., magna cum laude, 2019)

Admissions

Georgia

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office