Pedro focuses on all aspects of patent law, including IP portfolio development and management, preparation and prosecution of patent applications, freedom to operate and infringement opinions, patent monetization, litigation including Inter Partes Reviews (IPRs), with an emphasis on wireless, software, artificial intelligence, machine learning/neural networks, computer security, and medical devices.

He has extensive experience in handling patent matters for emerging and global high-technology companies as well as universities, and draws on his litigation experience to develop high-value patent portfolios. Pedro has also litigated patent infringement and validity disputes before several US district courts, in matters involving multiple patents and complex technologies. More recently, Pedro represented a Finnish-based patent owner in an IPR, in which all claims of the patent were found valid.

Representative technologies include all aspects of wireless including GSM, CDMA2000, 3GPP, LTE, 4G, 5G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, MIMO, spread spectrum, millimeter wave, and IoT; artificial intelligence including machine learning, neural networks, face recognition, and pattern recognition; software-based systems including databases, user interfaces, web-based systems and tools, and cloud computing; lasers and optics including optical devices, lenses, and filters; network security including encryption and intrusion/virus protection; and image and data compression.

Before joining Mintz, Pedro worked for an international intellectual property law firm in Washington, DC. Before beginning his legal career, Pedro gained over 12 years of technical experience in engineering positions with the US Air Force, National Security Agency (NSA), and technology companies. As an Air Force engineer, Pedro developed and tested a variety of advanced communication systems as well as advanced image processing systems. He also gained experience in the semiconductor field while working at KLA Instruments. Next, Pedro was employed as a principal member of the technical staff at Litton/TASC in Annapolis Junction, Maryland. In this position, he consulted on a variety of communication and computer/network security matters.

Pedro has also lectured on intellectual property, including a presentation on “De-Mystifying Intellectual Property” to technology entrepreneurs at the University of New Mexico and Stanford University. More recently, he moderated a panel on “Effectively Leveraging Your IP to Finance Your Start-Up” at the University of California, San Diego, participated as a panelist at the San Diego Daily Transcript’s IP Roundtable on Patent Quality, and lectured on "Entrepreneurial Best Practices" at the UC Berkley Haas School of Business.

About Pedro, clients told Chambers USA researchers, "He is one of best prosecution patent attorneys I have worked with", and "He has a very high standard of quality. He commands the same from his associates so we have a cohesive team.”

Pedro is a Lieutenant Colonel (retired) in the US Air Force Reserves.