Elizabeth R. Kendall is an attorney with Nelson Mullins. Her practice focuses on a variety of aspects of intellectual property law, including drafting and prosecuting design, plant, and utility patent applications for U.S. and foreign patent offices, as well as performing state-of-the-art, patentability, freedom-to-operate, and validity analyses in the electrical, mechanical, biomedical, chemical, and nuclear arts. Utilizing her keen research skills and experience in both law and technology, she helps clients optimize intellectual property protection to best fit their business needs. Additionally, she enjoys sharing weekly updates in design patent law through her Impeccable IP blog at .