MEMBERS OF FIRM
Robert John Patch (Member) born Washington, D.C., 1926; admitted to bar, 1952, District of Columbia; 1976, Virginia (Admission Limited to Patent, Trademark, Copyright and Unfair Competition Causes only); 1957, U.S. Supreme Court; 1963-1982, U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, (B.S. Ch.E., 1948); George Washington University Law School (J.D., 1952). Phi Delta Phi. Associate Editor, George Washington University Law Review, 1951-1952. Author: "The Arrangement of Madrid for the International Registration of Trademarks", Journal of the Patent Office Society, Vol. 50, No. 9, pp. 603-637. Patent Attorney, International Nickel Corporation, 1953-1954. Member: American Intellectual Property Law Association (Board Member and Chairman, International, Publications and Liaison Committees, 1963-1969). Languages: French. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property.Email: Robert John Patch
Andrew John Patch (Member) born Washington, D.C., 1962; admitted to bar, 1989, Virginia, District of Columbia and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Maryland, College Park (B.S., Chem., 1985); Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., 1989). Author: "Plural Embodiments in Design Patents: Two Pitfalls and a Solution," Journal of the Patent Office Society, Vol. 73, No. 1, pp. 70-78; "Provisional Applications and 35 USC 102 (e) in view of Milburn Hilmer and Wertheim," Journal of the Patent Office Society, Vol. 77, No. 4, pp. 339-347. Lecturer: Phase IV, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Patent Academy. Member: American Bar Association (Member, Section of Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law); American Intellectual Property Law Association; American Chemical Society; International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (UPAC). Languages: French. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Litigation; Patent Prosecution; Patent Licensing.Email: Andrew John Patch
Douglas V. Rigler (Member) born Brookline, Massachusetts, 1934; admitted to bar, 1963, Maryland; 1964, District of Columbia; U.S. Court of Appeals, Second, Third, Eighth, Eleventh and Federal Circuits; U.S. Supreme Court. (Not admitted in Virginia). Education: Johns Hopkins University; United States Naval Academy (B.S., 1956); George Washington University (J.D., 1963). Associate Editor, George Washington Law Review, 1962-1963. Member, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 1972-1977. Practice Areas: Litigation; Arbitration; Antitrust; Commercial Transactions.Email: Douglas V. Rigler
Benoit Castel (Member) born Cairo, Egypt, 1950; admitted to bar, 1980, Virginia and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1981, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia; 1981-1982, U. S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: City College of New York (B.Eng.Ch.E., 1971); George Mason University School of Law (J.D., 1980). Recipient: U.S. Department of Commerce Bronze Medal Award, 1982, 1988. Instructor, Patent Cooperation Treaty and 35 USC 103, U.S. Patent & Trademark Office Patent Academy. U.S. Patent Examiner, 1973-1989; Senior Patent Examiner, 1982-1989; PCT Legal Examiner, 1989-1991; tenure at USPTO included details to Board of Appeals and Office of the Assistant Commissioner for Patents. Member: Virginia State Bar. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property.Email: Benoit Castel
Thomas W. Perkins (Member) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1945; admitted to bar, 1986, Virginia; 1987, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia; registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: United States Naval Academy (B.S., 1967); Naval Postgraduate School (M.S., 1974); George Mason University (J.D., 1986). Member: Virginia State Bar. [Commander, U.S. Navy, 1967-1987]. Practice Areas: Patents; Trademarks; Unfair Competition Law; Patent Prosecution; Trademark Prosecution.Email: Thomas W. Perkins
Roland E. Long, Jr. (Member) born Detroit, Michigan, 1954; admitted to bar, 1995, Virginia; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.S.E.E., 1980); University of Washington (M.S.E.E., 1988); George Mason University (J.D., 1995). Eta Kappa Nu. Registered Professional Engineer, Washington. Member: Virginia State Bar. [Lt. Commander, U.S. Navy, 1971-1994]. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property.Email: Roland E. Long, Jr.
Eric Jensen (Member) born Buffalo, New York, 1964; admitted to bar, 1995, Virginia; registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Rochester Institute of Technology (B.S.C.E., 1987); University of Florida (J.D., 1995). Eta Kappa Nu; Tau Beta Pi. Member: Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property.Email: Eric Jensen
Mark Lebow (Member) born Clifton Forge, Virginia, 1965; admitted to bar, 1993, Florida; 1995, New York; U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of Florida; U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. (Not admitted in Virginia). Education: Florida Atlantic University (B.A., 1988); Hofstra University School of Law (J.D., 1992); John Marshall Law School (LL.M., Information Technology, with high honors, 1999). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Trademark Law.Email: Mark Lebow
ASSOCIATES
Liam J. McDowell (Associate) born 1966; admitted to bar, 1998, New York; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. (Not admitted in Virginia). Education: State University of New York at Buffalo (B.S., 1989); Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center (J.D., 1997). Patent Examiner, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 1999-2000. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property.Email: Liam J. McDowell
Howard James Voeller (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, Virginia; 2006, District of Columbia. Education: James Madison University (B.S., Biology, 1982); University of Maryland (Master of Science, Molecular Biology, 1987); George Mason University School of Law (J.D., 2002). Practice Areas: Patents; Biotechnology Patent Prosecution; Intellectual Property.
Jeffrey M. Goehring (Associate) born Warwick, Rhode Island, 1978; admitted to bar, 2004, California; 2005, District of Columbia; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. (Not admitted in Virginia). Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A., 2001); Tulane University (J.D., 2004). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property Licensing; Intellectual Property Litigation.Email: Jeffrey M. Goehring
Robert E. Goozner (Associate) born New York, New York, March 12, 1952; admitted to bar, 2003, Virginia; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of North Carolina, Greensboro (B.S., 1977); Temple University (Ph.D., 1984); Universität Clausthal (Post-Doctoral Fellow, 1985); George Mason University School of Law (J.D., 2003). Member: American Chemical Society; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Languages: German.
James J. Livingston, Jr. (Associate) born Boston, Massachusetts, April 6, 1961; admitted to bar, 1997, Massachusetts; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. (Not admitted in Virginia). Education: Northeastern University (B.S.B.A., 1989); New England School of Law (J.D., 1996). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property(100%).
Jeremy Mereness (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, New York. (Not admitted in Virginia). Education: Carnegie Mellon University (B.S., Mechanical Engineering); New York Law School (J.D., Certificate of Mastery in Law Practice Technology, 2006). Intern, New York City Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications. Founding Fellow, Institute for Information Law and Technology. Court Attorney, New York City Civil Court.
Jeffrey R. Snay (Associate) born Worcester, Massachusetts, 1964; admitted to bar, 2006, Virginia; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Polytechnic University (B.S., Ch.E., 1986; M.S., Ch.E., 1989); Georgetown University (J.D., cum laude, 2006). Registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. U.S. Patent Examiner, 1989-2006; Primary Patent Examiner, 1994-2006; Detailee to the Office of the Solicitor, 2005-2006. Member: American Intellectual Property Law Association. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property Licensing; Intellectual Property Litigation.Email: Jeffrey R. Snay
PATENT AGENT
Robert A. Madsen born Chicago, Illinois, 1968; Education: University of Wisconsin-Madison (B.S., Ch.E., 1991). Registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 1999. Research Technologist, Van den Bergh Foods-Unilever, 1991-1996. Engineer, Fuisz Technologies, 1996-1999. Patent Examiner, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 1999-2006.