About
I have over 20 years of experience in counseling clients with regard to their intellectual property (IP). I work closely with sole inventors as well as inventor employees of all sized corporations to provide the best IP protection for their inventions. Being an engineer previously, I understand where inventors are coming from and can help guide them through the complex patenting, trademark and/or copyright paths. I have several patents myself and have successfully licensed them. So I have not only advised inventors but I have been in the inventor "seat" and know "what they're going through." My goals are to grow my practice by helping and guiding even more inventors/companies through the IP process. There are many bright people out there who have great concepts but just don't know how to move them forward. In addition, IP law, especially patent law, both domestic and foreign, is changing rapidly in today's global economy. I advise inventors/companies how to get started and how to see the big picture in order to bring their concepts to the world and head for success.
Specialties:Electrical systems and devices, mechanical systems and devices, control systems, medical devices and processes, RFID and telecommunications, network and mobile communications, software and business methods, licensing and right-to-use studies as well as validity studies.
Work history
Patent Attorney
Caesar, Rivise, Bernstein, Cohen & Pokotilow, Ltd.
June 1992 – Present (22 years 11 months)Philadelphia, PA
Intellectual property related matters, including patent and trademark application preparation and prosecution, right-to-use and validity studies, patent and trademark searching, licensing and client counseling. My speciality is in electrical/electronics systems and devices, computer and web-based systems, medical devices, RFID-related systems/devices and mechanical systems/devices
Clerk
E.I. DuPont De Nemours & Co., Wilmington, DE
May 1990 – August 1991 (1 year 4 months)Wilmington, DE
I worked part-time during breaks between law school semesters as a technical document reviewer during the discovery phase of a major environmental lawsuit.
Flight Control Systems Engineer
Boeing Integrated Defense Systems, Rotorcraft Division (formerly "Boeing Helicopters")
June 1983 – August 1989 (6 years 3 months)Eddystone, Pennsylvania
I worked on the ADOCS Project, a US Army-sponsored research program that integrated a complete digital/optical flight control system onto a UH-60A Blackhawk test bed helicopter with reversion to the Blackhawk's existing flight control system; I also worked on the V-22 Osprey flight control system, including the airspeed/altitude subsystem. I also served as the American Helicopter Society's Student Activities Chairman for a portion of my time at Boeing, coordinating with local universities. I served as a co-leader in the Flight Controls Systems Quality Circle Program (1985-1986). I also was a recruiter for the Boeing Company at the University of Delaware (1985 -1988).
