NovoTech Patent Firm Ranked in Inaugural Chambers USA Spotlight 2027 DC Metro Guide
Washington, D.C. | November 6, 2026
NovoTech Patent Firm has been ranked for its Intellectual Property practice in the inaugural Chambers USA Spotlight 2027 DC Metro Guide. The new guide recognizes 128 leading small and mid-sized law firms across 35 practice areas in the Washington metropolitan region.
Chambers Spotlight guides identify smaller and mid-sized firms that provide sophisticated legal counsel in their markets. Rankings are based on independent market research by Chambers and Partners and an evaluation of each firm’s experience, expertise and talent.
A Focused Firm Model
“I spent part of my career in Big Law, so I know the value of sophisticated legal work,” said Babak Akhlaghi, Founding Director of NovoTech. “NovoTech was built to deliver that level of patent strategy in a focused firm where clients work closely with experienced attorneys who also understand the technology. To have Chambers recognize that model in its inaugural DC Metro Spotlight Guide is especially meaningful to our entire team.”
Strategy First, File Second
NovoTech focuses on patent strategy for technology companies. It helps startups, emerging companies and established enterprises build investor-grade patent portfolios that support fundraising, growth and long-term competitive advantage.
The firm’s 12-member team includes ten patent attorneys and two experienced IP administrators. The attorneys have technical backgrounds in electrical engineering, computer science, physics and other engineering disciplines. They advise clients in artificial intelligence, machine learning, quantum computing, software, robotics, autonomous systems, telecommunications, automotive technology and blockchain.
About Babak Akhlaghi
Babak Akhlaghi is a registered patent attorney and electrical engineer who graduated first in his electrical engineering class at the University of Maryland. Before founding NovoTech, he was a partner at McDermott Will & Emery, practiced at Fish & Richardson and served as in-house patent counsel at Panasonic in Osaka, Japan. He is a Permanent Adjunct Professor at the University of Maryland, where he teaches Legal Aspects of Entrepreneurship, and a co-author of the Patent Applications Handbook (Westlaw).
Babak Akhlaghi has been recognized for his work in intellectual property strategy and patent law. He was selected to the IAM Strategy 300: The World’s Leading IP Strategists. The ranking recognizes professionals who help companies get the most value from their patent portfolios through portfolio development, management, commercialization and business-focused IP planning. He has also been named a WIPR Leader 2026 and a Super Lawyer for eight consecutive years, and he is listed among the ThreeBestRated® Patent Attorneys in Washington, D.C.
View NovoTech’s Chambers USA Spotlight 2027 profile here.
This announcement was originally distributed via PR Newswire on November 6, 2026.
