Anthony Curro is a patent attorney with significant experience in patent prosecution as well as patent licensing and litigation. His focus over the past few years has been patent applications centered around artificial intelligence technology, but he has also drafted and prosecuted hundreds of patent applications in technologies including cloud computing, computer networking, blockchain, and databases, as well as mechanical and other inventions. He has significant experience taking an aggressive approach during prosecution by pursuing ex parte appeals of patent applications to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board in order to seek the broadest claim coverage possible.
Prior to joining Harrity & Harrity, Anthony was a senior attorney at IBM. During his nine years at IBM, Anthony drafted and prosecuted a large number of patent applications, managed outside counsel, defended against patent licensing assertions, assisted with IBM AI policy submissions to the federal government, helped with mergers & acquisitions, prepared licenses for open-source software, and prepared commercial agreements.
Anthony was also a patent attorney with law firms in New Jersey, New York City, and northern Virginia, as well as a patent examiner in a computer networking/cryptography art unit of the United States Patent and Trademark Office. He also has experience practicing IP litigation and commercial litigation at law firms in Manhattan and northern Virginia prior to serving with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
During college and law school, Anthony studied in different parts of Italy and is conversationally fluent in Italian from study of the language and these experiences.
During his free time, Anthony enjoys skiing, aikido, fishing, scuba diving, and travel.