Andrew Varrenti

Overview

Andrew Varrenti counsels clients in developing invention disclosures to achieve both short- and long-term patent portfolio management strategies and protection. His practice focuses on preparing and prosecuting domestic and international patent applications in a wide range of technology areas, including electromechanical, electrical, and software technologies, such as industrial control systems, artificial intelligence, aerospace, analog and digital circuit design, cloud and edge computing, fluid control devices and systems, and network security.

With a background as an electrical engineer, Andrew has extensive hands-on experience with electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic control systems, commercial and industrial sensor technologies, and programmable logic devices. Prior to joining Wolf Greenfield, Andrew worked as a senior electrical engineer at Schlumberger Oilfield Services in the Well Services and Coiled Tubing Control Systems Group, where he designed, developed, and commissioned electrical control systems for next-generation land and offshore mixing equipment used in high-pressure pumping fluid delivery applications. His work involved close collaboration with multidisciplinary engineering teams developing technologies informed by subsurface characterization and seismic data, providing him with practical familiarity with the role of seismic imaging in oilfield operations.

Prior to joining Wolf Greenfield, Andrew was an associate at an intellectual property boutique in Chicago, where he had over five years of experience as a patent engineer, patent agent, and attorney. 

Activities

• Vice President of Loyola University Chicago School of Law Intellectual Property Law Society (2018 – 2019)