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At a Glance
| Attorney | Joshua A. Griswold |
| Firm | Fish & Richardson P.C. |
| Office | Bank One Center, 1717 Main Street, Suite 5000, Dallas, TX 75201 |
| Role | Office Managing Principal, Fish & Richardson Dallas (46 IP attorneys and technology specialists) |
| Focus | Patent procurement, PTAB proceedings, patent litigation, portfolio management |
| Education | J.D., University of Houston Law Center, 1999; B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, 1995 |
| Recognition | IAM Patent 1000 “Leading Patent Professional,” 4 consecutive years; Texas Lawyer “Best Mentor,” 2019 |
Origin & Founder History
Joshua Griswold worked as a mechanical engineer designing subsea oilfield completions and robotics before earning his J.D. from the University of Houston Law Center in 1999. He joined Fish & Richardson and spent two decades building the firm’s Dallas patent practice, eventually serving for years as the Dallas patent group leader before being named office managing principal of the Dallas office in 2023, succeeding then-principal J. Kevin Gray.
Practice Concentration
Griswold’s practice spans the full patent life cycle: contested matters before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, strategic counseling on patent portfolio management and licensing, and litigation in U.S. District Courts and before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). His mechanical engineering background — including prior work on subsea oilfield technology and robotics — gives him particular depth in mechanical, electrical, and software innovations, including oilfield technology and sensor-based controls.
Track Record
Griswold has successfully handled numerous reexamination and post-grant proceedings, and has been named a “Leading Patent Professional” by IAM Patent 1000 for four consecutive years. A client testimonial cited in Chambers and Partners USA 2022 described Griswold as someone who “understands that not every patent issue is a ‘bet the company’ issue and understands how to advise companies on assessing risk” — a candid, third-party-sourced assessment rather than a firm-authored claim. Awesome Attorneys did not independently verify individual case-level outcomes beyond these third-party recognitions.
Client Voice
The Chambers and Partners USA client testimonial describing Griswold’s risk-calibrated advising style is among the more specific, attributable client feedback located for attorneys in this batch; Awesome Attorneys did not locate additional independent consumer-facing reviews, consistent with a practice serving corporate and institutional clients rather than individual consumers.
Beyond the Courtroom
Griswold was named to Texas Lawyer’s 2019 “Best Mentors” list for his work co-leading Fish & Richardson’s “Patent Lab” immersion training program, mandatory for all new patent associates and agents firmwide, for which he wrote the initial training materials more than 15 years ago. He also serves on the firm’s professional development subcommittee and leads the Technology Committee of the PTAB Bar Association, alongside membership in the Dallas Bar Association’s Intellectual Property Section.
Recognition
Griswold’s IAM Patent 1000 “Leading Patent Professional” recognition, awarded for four consecutive years, is an independently researched credential based on client and peer interviews. Awesome Attorneys did not locate a Texas Board of Legal Specialization certification for Griswold, and no “specialist” language is used in this profile as a result; his USPTO registration (2000) is accurately described as such.
Texas Legal Backdrop
Patent prosecution and PTAB proceedings — a substantial part of Griswold’s practice — proceed entirely under federal law and USPTO procedure regardless of the attorney’s state of practice, meaning Texas-specific statutes have limited direct application; the relevant “local” factor for a Dallas-based patent litigator is the Northern District of Texas’s growing role as a patent litigation venue under the federal Patent Pilot Program. None of this is legal advice; parties considering PTAB post-grant proceedings should consult counsel given strict, non-extendable federal filing deadlines.
Awesome Attorneys Assessment
Griswold’s genuine differentiator is the combination of deep technical background — direct engineering experience in subsea oilfield and robotics technology — with two decades of sustained Dallas patent practice culminating in his selection as the office’s managing principal, a role reflecting internal firm confidence as much as external recognition. The honest trade-off is that Fish & Richardson is a large, national IP firm; a client seeking the highest-touch boutique experience or the most cost-conscious fee structure for a small or early-stage matter may find a smaller Dallas IP boutique a better fit, though Griswold’s own client testimonial record suggests deliberate risk-calibrated advising rather than a one-size-fits-all “bet the company” approach.
Methodology & Sourcing
This profile was compiled from Fish & Richardson’s public attorney biography for Joshua A. Griswold, the firm’s 2023 press release announcing his appointment as Dallas office managing principal, IAM Patent 1000’s published rankings, Texas Lawyer’s “Best Mentors” 2019 coverage, and Chambers and Partners USA’s published client testimonial.
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