Patent and Trademark Prosecution

  • Assisted with the development of a large-scale patent assertion/licensing program for an aerospace company with a portfolio of over 7,000 patents worldwide.
  • Represented a patent applicant in an appeal, argued to the Federal Circuit, successfully challenging a final decision of the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences.
  • Conducted numerous patent infringement analyses for a large computer company as part of a global cross-licensing program.
  • Managed an audit of more than 10,000 worldwide trademark files for a Fortune 100 company.
  • Assisted in a worldwide clearance project for potential new trademarks for a high technology Fortune 100 company.
  • Conducted numerous patent infringement analyses for various oil field services companies.
  • Assisted in due diligence for potential acquisition of a medical device company.
  • Drafted numerous non-infringement and invalidity opinions concerning a wide range of technologies, including software compression algorithms, medical devices, pumps, and railroad applications.
  • Representing party seeking inter partes reexamination of claims in patent featuring techniques for managing transfers of information in communications networks.
  • Drafted and/or prosecuted a wide range of patent matters, including, for example:
    • U.S. Patent No. 7,903,833 (“Headworn Listening Device and Method”)
    • U.S. Patent No. 7,783,956 (“Data Recorder”)
    • U.S. Patent No. 7,764,784 (“Handset Cradle”)
    • U.S. Patent No. 7,741,806 (“Magnetically Attachable Battery Recharging”)
    • U.S. Patent No. 7,735,557 (“Wireline Slip Hanging Bypass Assembly and Method”)
    • U.S. Patent No. 7,681,645 (“System and Method for Stimulating Multiple Production Zones in a Wellbore”)
    • U.S. Patent No. 7,677,319 (“Subsea Tree Cap and Method for Installing the Subsea Tree Cap”)
    • U.S. Patent No. 7,550,089 (“Floating Ultraviolet Water Purification Device”)
    • U.S. Patent No. 7,390,417 (“Portable Ultraviolet Water Purification System”)
    • U.S. Patent No. D627,850 (“Firearm Magazine”)
    • U.S. Patent No. D608,278 (“Ballast Gate”)
    • U.S. Patent No. D583,102 (“Helmet”)