Patricia Markison Healy
Partner
Patty has been a partner at Garlick & Markison since 2025, a licensed patent attorney since 2016, and a registered patent agent since 2014. She received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Arizona State University (Cum Laude) in 2013 and a J.D. from Arizona Summit Law School (Summa Cum Laude, Valedictorian, Law Review editor, Legal Writing Center staff) in 2016.
Patty has extensive patent preparation and prosecution experience including the filing and successful prosecution of over 140 issued patents and works with a wide range of technological areas such as biomedical sensors, signal processing, RFID, dispersed storage, cloud computing, AI, software, database systems, and digital ledger technology systems. Additionally, Patty has experience with ex parte reexaminations, inter partes review, technology valuations, patent valuation, patent opinions, and portfolio consultation.
Patty works closely with clients to build patent portfolios that serve as high value business tools tailored to a client’s specific goals. Through the use of advanced invention sessions and other Garlick & Markison tools, Patty helps clients strategically map out unique patent protection coverage within a particular technology space.