Teresa Stanek Rea

Teresa “Terry” Rea is a consultant with Rea Consulting LLC. She is an expert on patent practice and prosecution and has testified on many matters. Ms. Rea also consults on IP strategy. She was previously a partner in the Intellectual Property Group of Crowell  &  Moring LLP in their Washington, DC office and was a director with C&M International, Ltd., the international trade and investment consulting firm affiliated with Crowell. Prior to joining Crowell, Ms. Rea served as Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property, and Acting Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). She worked for Ethyl Corporation from 1980 through 1984. Ms. Rea is the former president of the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) and a past president of the National Inventors Hall of Fame. She is a licensed pharmacist. Ms. Rea obtained her Juris Doctor degree from Wayne State University and her Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Michigan. She was an active member of the Sedona Conference for seven years. Managing IP identified her as one of the Top 50 Most Influential People in Intellectual Property (2013). IAM Strategy 300 selected her as one of the World’s Leading IP Strategists (2015). Ms. Rea was also named one of Law360’s Top 25 Icons of IP (2016). In 2018, she received the Patent and Trademark Office Society’s Pasquale J. Federico Memorial Award in recognition of her outstanding contributions to the patent and trademark systems of the United States. Ms. Rea has also been recognized for the last 15 years in the Best Lawyers in America in the Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice.