Michael J. Nickerson

Michael J. Nickerson, JD (Patent Counsel—Basch & Nickerson) has represented MCCI since 2010 on a variety of patent-related issues. The firm specializes in the preparation of patent applications, the prosecution of application before the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, as well as the licensing and enforcement of patents and other intellectual property rights. Nickerson has over 20 years’ experience as a patent attorney. Before starting the firm, he served as Senior Patent Counsel at Xerox, as an associate in a Washington D.C. law firm, and as a Patent Examiner with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, after serving a brief time as an engineer with the US Department of Defense. His JD degree is from George Mason University School of Law. He also earned a BSEE degree in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University.