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Steve W.
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Patent Attorney
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Patent Attorney
Apr 2008 - Present
● Counseling clients and optimizing IP protection with an emphasis on patents (utility, design, and provisional) and trade secrets
● Preparing and prosecuting foreign, including PCT, and domestic (US) patent applications in the chemical, mechanical, electromechanical, electrical including software, and variety of other art units
● Interviewing cases with Examiners at the USPTO, in person and telephonically
● Performing patentability, infringement and validity searches and providing opinions
Patent Attorney
Jun 2003 - Apr 2008 (4 years, 10 months)
● Drafting, filing, and prosecuting patent applications, USPTO and international including PCT
● Reviewing invention disclosures, conducting prior art searches and drafting patentability opinions
● Conducting ongoing patent prosecution including; preparing preliminary amendments; responding to office actions; conducting interviews with Examiners
● Sending cease and desist notifications and providing transactional IP support including licensing
Education
JD
(3 years)
BS Chem Engineering
(4 years)
Qualifications
Licensed Patent Attorney
United States Patent and Trademark Office
2003
Enabling practice of Patent Law in US
Publications
Patent vs. Trade Secret
National Society of Professional Engineers, May 2007
Comparing and contrasting patents and trade secrets
Steering Engineering EffortsThrough the Patent Maze
National Society of Professional Engineers, AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2010
Don’t spend your R&D budget reinventing the wheel, or worse yet, on engineering designs that are already patented by a competitor.
Take Note: Protect Your Invention
National Society of Professional Engineers, May 09
Proper management of your technological development activities can lead to strong patents or trade secrets. Invention disclosures and inventors log should include 1) title, 2) circumstances of conception, 3) purpose
or problems solved, 4) structural description with sketch, 5) possible uses and how it is used, 6) what you think is novel, 7) closest known prior art, 8) advantages, and 9) name of each inventor.
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