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People > Gerald M. Murphy, Jr.
Gerald M. Murphy,
Jr.
PartnerAddress:
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
E-mail: gmm@bskb.com
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Bar Admissions: 1984, Virginia, U.S. Court
of Appeals for the Federal and Fourth Circuits and U.S. District Court, Eastern District
of Virginia; 1990, Maryland; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark
Office.
Education: University of Maryland (B.S., Microbiology, 1976); George
Mason University School of Law (J.D., 1984); George Washington University National Law
Center (LL.M., highest honors, 1989).
Membership: Virginia State Bar; American Intellectual Property Law
Association.
Experience:
- Prepared, filed and prosecuted numerous patent applications in the areas of
biotechnology, organic chemistry, biochemistry, and pharmaceuticals since 1979.·
Prepared, filed and prosecuted a variety of reexamination and reissue applications.
- Prepared and filed numerous Appeal Briefs within the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
- Conducted numerous Oral Hearings before the U.S. Board of Patent Appeals and
Interferences.
- Represented clients in a variety of inter partes matters, including patent interferences
and reexaminations.
- Prepared and filed numerous Motions, Briefs and other necessary documents in connection
with patent interferences before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Personally
participated in about 26 interferences.
- Counseled clients and prepared numerous opinions analyzing patent validity and
infringement issues.
- Managed worldwide patent portfolios.
- Prepared and presented numerous seminars before international audiences regarding U.S.
patent statutory law and case law developments.
- Practiced in intellectual property field since 1977.
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