About The Founder

Kathryn Vatt, Founder of My AI Examiner ™, VATT IP Management, and MyKidVentors™

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Kathryn Vatt has spent over 25 years shaping the future of innovation. She has protected ideas, guided inventors, and helped businesses turn creativity into competitive advantage. A scientist by training, strategist by trade, and former United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Patent Examiner, she knows the patent system from the inside out.

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Kathryn holds a Bachelor’s degree in Biology from the University of Pennsylvania and a Master’s degree in Biotechnology from Johns Hopkins University. She is currently pursuing her Juris Doctor in Patent Law at the University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law, one of the world’s top programs in intellectual property law. This academic foundation, paired with her professional experience, gives her rare cross-disciplinary insight into both the science behind inventions and the strategy needed to protect them.

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At the USPTO, Kathryn examined thousands of patent applications, assessed novelty and non-obviousness, and conducted exhaustive prior art searches across global databases. Her decisions determined which inventions earned protection; shaping industries and influencing innovation worldwide. This insider perspective allows her to anticipate examiner concerns before they arise, giving her clients a decisive edge.

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After leaving the USPTO, Kathryn founded VATT IP Management, a premier IP consulting firm serving startups, Fortune 500 companies, and inventors worldwide. She develops bulletproof IP strategies, leads high-stakes prior art searches, drafts technically airtight applications, and supports litigation teams in defending and enforcing patents.

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Her leadership extends beyond client work. Kathryn regularly judges national and international innovation competitions and serves as a mentor to STEM students through Arizona State University’s Edson Entrepreneurship + Innovation Institute, guiding the next generation of scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs in turning their ideas into protected, market-ready innovations.

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Beyond patents, policies, and legal frameworks, Kathryn’s mission has always been about something greater: unlocking the power of imagination and empowering the next generation of innovators.

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As an author, Kathryn created MyKidVentors™, a STEM-inspired children’s book series born from the real “What if?” questions asked by her seven children when they were toddlers. Each book features two of them as main characters, embarking on adventures where they invent something new; always sparked by real childhood curiosity. What began as her children’s playful questions — “What if this existed?” or “What if we could build that?” — has become a series that turns imagination into invention, reminding readers that every big idea starts with a single question.

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Because innovation doesn’t just start in a lab or a boardroom. It starts in the curious minds of those who dare to ask what if?