Baylee Howard

Technical Advisor

education

  • University of Mississippi School of Law

    J.D.

  • University of Mississippi

    B.S.B.E., Biomedical Engineering

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bar admissions

  • United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
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Baylee Howard is a member of Thomas|Horstemeyer’s patent prosecution group, where she drafts and prosecutes patent applications to protect her client’s innovations. Her multidisciplinary training as a biomedical engineer allows her to work with a wide range of technologies.

Baylee received her degree in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Mississippi, graduating magna cum laude. As part of her thesis project as a member of the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College, she worked as an undergraduate research assistant in the Molecular Biophysics and Engineering Lab, conducting research on the effects of E-hook peptides on kinesin-1. Baylee was inducted into Tau Beta Phi as well as Who’s Who for achievement in scholarship, service, and leadership.

Baylee earned her Juris Doctor from the University of Mississippi School of Law, graduating magna cum laude. During law school, she served as an Executive Articles Editor for the Mississippi Law Journal and was an active member of the Intellectual Property Law Society. While attending law school, Baylee worked as an extern for the University of Mississippi Office of Technology Commercialization, where she worked closely with university researchers to guide them through the patent process, including conducting interviews with inventors, performing patentability searches, and reviewing patent applications.

During law school, Baylee spent a summer interning for the United States Patent and Trademark Office where she acquired a knowledge and understanding of the principles, practices, and methods used by patent examiners. Baylee worked as a Summer Associate for T|H in 2023 before returning following graduation from law school in 2024.