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2701 Troy Center Drive, Suite 330, P.O. Box 7021
Troy, Michigan 48007-7021 (Oakland Co.)
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 Accepts Credit Cards (Main Office) Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle, Anderson & Citkowski, P.C. traces its roots to the patent law firm of Pagelson & Swann in 1915. Gifford, Krass has undergone numerous name changes since 1915 but continues to represent some of the same clients serviced by the original Pagelson & Swann law firm. The firm maintains its principal office in Troy, Michigan and has branch offices in Flint and Clinton Township. The firm also maintains offices in Ann Arbor, Michigan and Venice, Florida which are staffed by attorneys full time. Statement of PracticePatents, Trademarks, Copyrights and Related Litigation. Firm Size: 50
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Address2701 Troy Center Drive, Suite 330 P.O. Box 7021
Troy, MI 48007-7021, (Oakland Co.)
PhonePhone: 248-647-6000
Fax: 248-647-5210
Website
http://www.patlaw.com
Office HoursMonday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Tuesday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Wednesday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Thursday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Friday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Firm/Affiliate OfficesVenice, Florida: 101 West Venice Avenue Suite 28 34285. Telephone: 941-488-4245. Fax: 941-484-5258.
Ann Arbor, Michigan: 303 Detroit Street Suite 300 48104-1144. Telephone: 734-913-9300. Fax: 734-913-6007.
Ernest I. Gifford (Member) born Flint, Michigan, December 4, 1933; admitted to bar, 1961, Michigan; 1964, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1971, U.S. Supreme Court; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; 1999, Florida; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Michigan State University (A.B., with highest honors, 1956); Wayne State University (J.D., with highest distinction, 1960). Phi Kappa Phi. Instructor, Paralegal Program, Oakland University, 1981. Adjunct Professor, LLM Program, Thomas Cooley Law School, Oakland, Michigan. Member Representative, Assembly, State Bar of Michigan, 1984-1990. Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association. Member: Oakland, Macomb County, Genesee County, Sarasota and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan (Chairman, Patent, Copyright and Trademark Section, 1974-1975); The Florida Bar; American Intellectual Property Law Association; Michigan Intellectual Property Law Association. Practice Areas: Patent; Trademark; Copyright; Litigation.Email: Ernest I. Gifford
Allen M. Krass (Member) born Detroit, Michigan, April 4, 1931; admitted to bar, 1957, Michigan; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan and U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit and Federal Circuit; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Michigan (B.S.E.E., 1953); Wayne State University (J.D., with distinction, 1956). Tau Epsilon Rho. Editor, Wayne State University Law Review, 1955-1956. Author: "Test of Patentability Under the 1952 Patent Act," Wayne Law Review 130, 1956. Member: State Bar of Michigan; American Intellectual Property Law Association; Michigan Intellectual Property Law Association. Practice Areas: Patent; Trademark; Copyright; Litigation.Email: Allen M. Krass
Douglas W. Sprinkle (Member) born Akron, Ohio, May 23, 1949; admitted to bar, 1975, Michigan and U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1983, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Michigan (B.S.E.E., magna cum laude, 1970; J.D., 1975). Tau Beta Pi; Eta Kappa Nu. Member: Oakland County, Livingston County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan. Practice Areas: Patent; Trademark; Copyright; Litigation.Email: Douglas W. Sprinkle
Thomas E. Anderson (Member) born Detroit, Michigan, May 1, 1945; admitted to bar, 1981, Michigan and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; 1982, Florida; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Wayne State University (B.A., 1974); University of Detroit (J.D., cum laude, 1980). Alpha Kappa Psi. Associate Editor, University of Detroit Law Review, 1979-1980. Member: Oakland, Sarasota County and American (Correspondent, Litigation Section's Intellectual Property Newsletter) Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan (Counsel Member, Arts, Communications, Entertainment and Sports Law Section); The Florida Bar. Practice Areas: Patent; Trademark; Copyright; Litigation.Email: Thomas E. Anderson
Ronald W. Citkowski (Member) born Detroit, Michigan, February 3, 1947; admitted to bar, 1982, Michigan; 1988, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Detroit (B.Sc., Chemistry, 1968); University of Michigan (Medicinal Chemistry, 1968-1969); Wayne State University (J.D., cum laude, 1982). Member: State Bar of Michigan (Member, Intellectual Property Law Section); Michigan Intellectual Property Law Association. Practice Areas: Patent; Trademark; Copyright; Litigation; Licensing.Email: Ronald W. Citkowski
Julie A. Greenberg (Member) born Detroit, Michigan, 1959; admitted to bar, 1985, Michigan; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; 1993, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Education: University of Michigan (B.S., Chemistry, with distinction, 1982; J.D., 1985). International Trademark Association; Michigan Intellectual Property Law Association; Michigan Super Lawyers list, 2009. Member: State Bar of Michigan (Member, Intellectual Property Law Section); Federal Bar Association. Practice Areas: Trademark; Copyright; Licensing; Prosecution and Litigation.Email: Julie A. Greenberg
Douglas J. McEvoy (Member) born Detroit, Michigan, November 15, 1963; admitted to bar, 1990, Michigan and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Lawrence Institute of Technology (B.S.M.E., 1986); Detroit College of Law (J.D., 1990). Incorporated Society of Irish/American Lawyers; Member: Macomb County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan; Michigan Intellectual Property Law Association. Practice Areas: Patent; Trademark; Copyright; Litigation.Email: Douglas J. McEvoy
John G. Posa (Member) born Detroit, Michigan, April 11, 1953; admitted to bar, 1994, Michigan, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; 1997, registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Michigan (B.S.E.E., 1975); Lewis & Clark College (J.D., 1994). Senior Editor: Electronics Magazine; High Technology. Member: State Bar of Michigan. (Resident, Ann Arbor Office). Practice Areas: Patent; Trademark; Copyright; Litigation.Email: John G. Posa
Douglas L. Wathen (Member) born Fort Wayne, Indiana, January 6, 1967; admitted to bar, 1996, Michigan; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Purdue University (B.S.M.E., 1990); University of Michigan (J.D., cum laude, 1996). Member: State Bar of Michigan; Washtenaw County Bar Association; Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM); Michigan Intellectual Property Law Association. (Resident, Ann Arbor Office). Practice Areas: Patent Prosecution; International Patent Prosecution; Intellectual Property Management; Intellectual Property Licensing; Trademark Law; Copyright Law.Email: Douglas L. Wathen
Avery N. Goldstein, Ph.D. (Member) born Detroit, Michigan, May 29, 1965; admitted to bar, 1998, Michigan; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; registered to practice before the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. Education: Tel Aviv University, Israel; Wayne State University (B.S., Chem., 1988; B.S., Biology, 1988); University of California at Berkeley (Ph.D., 1993). Editor: Handbook of Nanophase Materials, Marcel Dekker, 1997; Patent Law For Scientists & Engineers, CRC Press, 2005. Research Director, Starfire Electronic Dev. & Marketing Ltd. Member, Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society. Member: Oakland County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan; American Association for the Advancement of Science; American Chemical Society. Practice Areas: Patent; Trademark; Copyright; Intellectual Property.Email: Avery N. Goldstein, Ph.D.
Mark D. Schneider (Member) born Columbus, Ohio, 1972; admitted to bar, 1998, Michigan; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan; United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Oakland University (B.S., Biology); Michigan State University College of Law (J.D., cum laude). Member: State Bar of Michigan; Michigan Intellectual Property Law Association. Reported Cases: Erico International Corp. v. Vutec Corp., 516 F.3d 1350 (Fed. Cir. 2008). Practice Areas: Patent; Trademark; Copyright; Litigation.Email: Mark D. Schneider
Kevin S. MacKenzie (Member) born Detroit, Michigan, June 5, 1969; admitted to bar, 1999, Michigan; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Michigan State University (B.S., Chemical Engineering, 1992); University of Detroit Mercy (J.D., 1998). Representative, U.S. Patent Bar, Japanese Patent Office Liaison Council, 2007. Member: Oakland County, Federal and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan (Intellectual Property Law Council, 2007-2008); Michigan Patent Law Association; American Institute of Chemical Engineers. Practice Areas: Patent; Trademark; Copyright; Litigation.Email: Kevin S. MacKenzie
Julie K. Staple, Ph.D. (Member) born Washington, D.C., August 8, 1958; admitted to bar, 2004, Michigan; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Michigan (B.S., Biology, 1982; M.S., Biology, 1987; Ph.D., Neuroscience, 1996); University of Michigan (J.D., cum laude, 2004). Member: State Bar of Michigan; Washtenaw County Bar Association; Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM); Michigan Intellectual Property Law Association. (Resident, Ann Arbor Office). Practice Areas: Patents; Trademark; Copyright; Litigation.Email: Julie K. Staple, Ph.D.
——————————Martin S. Bancroft, Ph.D. (Associate) born England, U.K., February 22, 1964; admitted to bar, 2004, Michigan; 2008, New York; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Manchester, England (B.Sc., Physics, 1985; Ph.D., 1989); University of Michigan Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2004). Member: State Bar of Michigan; State Bar of New York; American Bar Association. (Resident, Ann Arbor Office). Practice Areas: Patents; Trademark; Copyright; Litigation.Email: Martin S. Bancroft, Ph.D.
Mark A. Harper, Ph.D. (Associate) born Augusta, Georgia, May 24, 1959; admitted to bar, 2006, Michigan; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Ohio State University (B.S., Metallurgical Engineering, 1989; M.S., Metallurgical Engineering, 1991; Ph.D., Materials and Science Engineering, 1992); Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellowship to University of New South Wales, Australia; Northern Illinois University (J.D., Intellectual Property, magna cum laude, 2005). Member: State Bar of Michigan.Email: Mark A. Harper, Ph.D.
John Chau (Associate) born Phnom Penh, Cambodia; admitted to bar, 2007, Michigan. Education: United States Naval Academy (B.S., Control Systems Engineering, 1998); Ave Maria School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2007).
Cesare Sclafani (Associate) born Detroit, Michigan, 1982; admitted to bar, 2009, Michigan; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Oakland University (B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 2005); Wayne State University (J.D., 2008). Member: State Bar of Michigan; American Bar Association.Email: Cesare Sclafani
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