Wood IP

Patricia Ray is an Of Counsel intellectual property (IP) attorney at Wood IP, where she specializes in IP portfolio strategy, including patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets. In addition to her legal practice, Patricia is a law professor and previously served as the U.S. State Department Envoy to Kosovo, Albania, and Morocco.

Patricia brings extensive in-house and international experience, having served as Senior Legal Counsel, Asia-wide for Texas Instruments (TI). While based in Dallas and Singapore, she managed TI’s litigation center in Dallas and led legal teams supporting the company’s global semiconductor operations.

Before her tenure at TI, Patricia was Associate General Counsel (AGC) at Loral CyberStar, Inc., where she was responsible for technology and licensing agreements, negotiations, nondisclosure agreements, and IP counseling. In this role, she collaborated with engineers and finance teams to develop and optimize the company’s IP portfolio.

Patricia’s legal career is rooted in deep technical and regulatory experience. She clerked for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and worked as a litigator for the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) in the Office of General Counsel, handling unfair trade import matters. Before transitioning to law, she began her career as a patent examiner at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

Her diverse background across government, academia, and corporate leadership makes her a highly sought-after expert in intellectual property law and global business strategy.