Andrew D. Meikle
Partner
Address
Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP
Suite 100 East
8110 Gatehouse Road
Falls Church, VA 22042
USA
Telephone +1-703-205-8000
Facsimile +1-703-205-8050
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Bar Admissions
1987, Virginia; 1989, District of Columbia (inactive); U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia; registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Education
University of New Mexico (B.S., Chemistry, 1982); George Washington University National Law Center (J.D., 1986); Johns Hopkins University (M.S., Biotechnology, 2003).
Memberships
American Intellectual Property Law Association; Fédération Internationale des Conseils en Propriété Industrielle (FICPI - U.S. Council Member); Virginia State Bar Association; Bar Association of the District of Columbia.
Experience
Mr. Meikle has been engaged in the practice of patent law since 1987. He began his career in the intellectual property field as a Patent Examiner at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office from 1984 to 1986. His current practice emphasizes client counseling in the areas of validity and infringement, as well as prosecution of patent applications before the USPTO and representation of clients against adverse parties in reexamination and interference procedures at the USPTO. Mr. Meikle has additionally represented clients in interference settlement negotiations. Mr. Meikle has prepared and filed numerous appeal briefs and oral hearings before the U.S. Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences, and has proceeded to appeal before the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Mr. Meikle has managed worldwide patent portfolios, and has helped in handling oppositions, as well as patent prosecution, before the Japanese Patent Office, European Patent Office, and other countries around the world. The technical fields that Mr. Meikle specializes in include organic chemistry, polymers, biochemistry and pharmaceuticals.
Mr. Meikle has managed the firm's Advanced Patent & Licensing Seminar since 1995. He has prepared and presented numerous lectures before international audiences regarding U.S. patent statutory law and case law developments both domestically and abroad.
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