Flaster Strengthens Greenberg Patent Practice Group; Seven Lawyers and Technical Consultants Added – IPWatchdog.com

Flaster Greenberg is pleased to announce an active recruiting season for its patent practice in summer 2024. Since June, the firm has added seven new attorneys and one technical advisor to its team.

Patent attorneys James I. Burris, John Harrelson, Ph.D., Kent C. Hess, Stephanie H. Lim, Mark R. Luderer, Ph.D., Sherif Mahmoud, Gregory A. Melnick, and Technical Advisor, Alexander “Xander” Krohannon joins Flaster Greenberg’s Intellectual Property Department and Patent Practice Group.

Jordan LaVineThe joint managing shareholder and trademark attorney said: “Our ever-growing roster of patent attorneys reinforces the firm’s core value of providing high-quality legal services to our clients. Expanding this specialized practice area is about keeping the firm at the forefront of innovation, building trust with clients, and turning our clients’ ideas and inventions into valuable assets.”

The Patent Practice Group is a team of experienced patent attorneys, comprised of former patent examiners and seasoned attorneys with industry experience and advanced technical degrees. They concentrate their practice on all aspects of patent law, including patent prosecution, counseling and opinions, due diligence, post-regulatory proceedings, litigation, and licensing across multiple industries, including but not limited to artificial intelligence, the Internet, and the Internet of Things. life sciences, materials sciences, wireless communications, semiconductors, electrical circuits, computer processing, data security, telecommunications, medical devices and more.

Michael PiscitelliThe head of the Intellectual Property Department added: “Our diverse team of lawyers really allows us to offer our clients in-depth knowledge of a range of technologies. We are excited to integrate the new members into the team and look forward to continued success as a group.”

Patter Greenberg’s Patent Practice Group It holds more than 8,000 active U.S. and foreign patents and handles cases throughout the United States. Its deep staff of attorneys works with a wide variety of clients with global portfolios, including some of the largest companies in the United States and the world. The company’s customer base includes well-known, innovative and cutting-edge companies in various technological fields such as telecommunications systems, solid state devices such as light emitting device, load control electronics and power systems, medical devices, genome sequencing equipment. medicine delivery.

Brief biographies are as follows:

James Burris, partner, He brings with him more than two decades of engineering experience, including nearly a decade as president and CEO of an engineering design and consulting company he founded. Prior to joining Flaster Greenberg, Burris was a patent examiner at the United States Patent and Trademark Office, where he evaluated the patentability of inventions claimed in patent applications. He earned his J.D. from Temple University Beasley School of Law, his MBA from LaSalle University, and his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Drexel University. He joined the company in June 2024.

John Harrelson, Ph.D., associate, He has more than 20 years of experience in worldwide patent portfolio management, drafting and pursuing patent applications in a variety of technical fields including chemistry, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and nanotechnology. Before becoming a lawyer, Harrelson developed a deep understanding of a company’s business as an in-house intellectual property manager and senior research chemist at DuPont. He started working at the company in August 2024.

Kent C. Hess, partnerHe received his J.D. from George Mason University – Antonin Scalia School of Law. He received his undergraduate degree in physics from Towson University and successfully completed Flaster Greenberg’s Summer Associate Program in 2023. He started the company in September 2024.

Alexander “Xander” Krohannon, MS, He is a technical advisor who is an integral part of our Patent Practice Group. Krohannon began his career as a biochemist, worked as a graduate student researcher, and now holds a Ph.D. bioinformatics candidate. His research over the past 10 years has focused on the application of next-generation sequencing (NGS), including the use of machine learning algorithms, deep learning, and other high-performance computations in leveraging bioinformatics tools to perform comprehensive research. Krohannon earned a master’s degree in bioinformatics from Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis and a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. He started working at the company in June 2024.

Stephanie H. Lim, partner, is a trial attorney who focuses his practice primarily on patent litigation, including wireless communications. Lim has represented leading consumer electronics, pharmaceutical, medical device, and automotive companies in the assertion and defense of their intellectual property rights before the U.S. District Courts, the International Trade Commission, and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. He received his J.D. from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law and his B.A. in neuroscience from the University of Pennsylvania. Lim started working at the company in September 2024.

Mark R. Luderer, Ph.D., consultantHe has significant experience in the pharmaceutical, life sciences and biotechnology industries. He concentrates his practice on the prosecution and litigation of patent assets involving pharmaceutical small molecules and compounds, organic synthesis, therapeutics, polymers, green chemistry, and dietary foods. Before joining Flaster Greenberg, Luderer was a solo practitioner. He received his Ph.D. He earned his PhD in organic chemistry from the University of Connecticut and his J.D. from Boston University School of Law. Luderer started working at the company in September 2024.

Şerif Mahmud, partner, He focuses his work on the preparation and prosecution of patents in the field of electrical and software technologies. Prior to patent application, Mahmoud spent almost a decade in electrical engineering. Developed, maintained and documented hardware and software for unmanned aerial vehicle and semiconductor test equipment. He earned his J.D. from Illinois Institute of Technology – Kent College of Law and a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and a minor in computer science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He started working at the company in August 2024.

Gregory A. Melnick, partner, is a patent attorney with over a decade of experience and a strong background in computer science. Melnick focuses his practice on patent application drafting and prosecution in a variety of technological areas including artificial intelligence (machine learning, neural networks), computing systems and software, electronics, speech recognition, blockchain, telecommunications, and more. He received his J.D. and bachelor’s degree in computer science from St. John’s University. Melnick started working at the firm in August 2024.

About Patter Greenberg PC:

Flaster Greenberg, a mid-sized business law firm with offices in the Mid-Atlantic and Florida, has been providing legal services to publicly traded companies, privately and family-owned businesses, entrepreneurs, and individuals for more than 50 years. With locations in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Delaware and Florida, Flaster Greenberg serves a broad range of clients in dozens of industries and practice areas, including aviation law, bankruptcy, business and corporate, cannabis, commercial litigation, environmental, family law. , healthcare, insurance recovery, intellectual property, labor and employment, real estate, taxation, transportation, and trusts and estates.