Intellex Acquires Expert by Big Village

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Expert Details

Patent Interferences

ID: 730986 Virginia, USA

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Expert has practiced interference law for 40 years (Interference law is a specific sub-area within the general area of inter partes patent proceedings in the Patent and Trademark Office.) For at least the last 30 years, that has been his primary occupation. He is a frequent author and speaker on that area of patent law, and he has testified as an expert witness on that area of patent law.

Expert has been retained as an expert witness on more than fifty occasions.

Education

Year Degree Subject Institution
Year: 1973 Degree: LL.M Subject: Patent and Trade Regulation Law Institution: George Washington University Law School
Year: 1968 Degree: LL.B. Subject: Law Institution: Columbia University Law School
Year: 1965 Degree: B.S.M.E. Subject: Mechanical Engineering Institution: MIT
Year: 1965 Degree: B.S.Ec. Subject: Economics Institution: MIT

Work History

Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1983 to Present Employer: Undisclosed Title: Senior Counsel Department: Litigation
Responsibilities:
Expert specializes in patent law, particularly patent interference law.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1978 to 1983 Employer: Title: Of counsel Department: Litigation
Responsibilities:
Expert specialized in patent law, particularly patent interference law.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1977 to 1977 Employer: Title: Partner Department: Intellectual Property
Responsibilities:
Expert specialized in patent law.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1972 to 1978 Employer: Sughrue, Rothwell, Mion, Zinn & MacPeak Title: Associate Department: Intellectual Property
Responsibilities:
Expert specialized in patent law.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1970 to 1972 Employer: Court of Customs & Patent Appeals Title: Law Clerk to Judge Giles Sutherland Rich Department:
Responsibilities:
Expert drafted opinions for Judge Giles Sutherland Rich
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1968 to 1970 Employer: U.S. Army Title: Lieutenant Department: Signal Corps
Responsibilities:
Of relevance here, Expert was effectively the battalion prosecutor for the 51st Signal Batallion.

Government Experience

Years Agency Role Description
Years: 1970 to 1972 Agency: United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals Role: Law Clerk to Judge Giles Sutherland Rich Description: Expert drafted opinions for Judge Rich.

Career Accomplishments

Associations / Societies
Expert is a Fellow of the American Intellectual Property Law Association. He served as chair of its Interference Committee and as chair of its Amicus Committee.
Licenses / Certifications
Expert is licensed to practice in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, in the commonealth of Virginia, and in the District of Columbia.
Professional Appointments
For many years he was a member of the Advisory Board of the Patent, Trademark, & Copyright Journal.
Awards / Recognition
Expert received a "Special Citation" from the Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society for "many outstanding articles and Letters to the Editor...over a sustained period of years."
Publications and Patents Summary
Over 260 publications.
Lecturer: 68 occasions

Additional Experience

Expert Witness Experience
Expert has served as an expert witness on general patent law and on interference law in particular.
Expert witness: 53 cases
Arbitrator: 1 case
Training / Seminars
Expert lectured in the Patent Resources Group's patent bar review course for many years

Fields of Expertise

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