Charlotte M. Rodeen-Dickert, born in 1971 in Oakland, California, joined West & Associates in 2004. Ms. Rodeen-Dickert is an associate with West & Associates and is primarily responsible for patent prosecution in the mechanical and bio-mechanical arts. She also counsels clients in other intellectual property matters, including trademark, trade secret, and copyright protection, as well as litigation and licensing.
Ms. Rodeen-Dickert's patent practice covers a wide range of inventions, including household and child-care products, medical devices and health-care equipment, electromechanical devices, and manufacturing processes.
Her trademark practice includes helping clients secure trademark protection, trademark prosecution, enforcing trademark rights, and Trademark Trials and Appeals Board (TTAB) practice.
Ms. Rodeen-Dickert holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from University of California, Berkeley (1993), and a J.D. (with honors) from Golden Gate University School of Law (2004). She is currently pursuing a Master of Aerospace Engineering from Auburn University.
Prior to joining West & Associates, Ms. Rodeen-Dickert served as a judicial extern in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California and worked as a legal intern with the Electronic Frontier Foundation on privacy and digital rights issues. Prior to that, she was a Senior Technical Writer in the Engineering Group at the University of California Office of Technology Transfer.
Ms. Rodeen-Dickert is licensed to practice law in California (2005) and is registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (2001).
Ms. Rodeen-Dickert is the co-chairperson of the San Francisco chapter of the Licensing Executives Society (LES) and a member of the American Bar Association (ABA) and the Contra Costa County Bar Association (CCCBA). She is also an Adjunct Professor at Golden Gate University School of Law, where she teaches patent prosecution.
