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Leonard R.
Svensson
PartnerAddress:
Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP
12770 High
Bluff Drive
Suite 260
San Diego, California 92130
USA
Telephone: +1-858-792-8855
Facsimile: +1-858-792-3785
E-mail: lrs@bskb.com
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Bar Admissions: 1984, Virginia, U.S. Court
of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia and
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1999, California; registered to practice before
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Education: University of Maryland (B.S., Biochemistry, 1975); George
Mason University School of Law (J.D., with distinction, 1983). Member, George Mason Law
Review, 1982-1983.
Membership: American Intellectual Property Law Association, Orange
County Patent Lawyers Association and Fédération Internationale des Conseils en
Propriété Industrielle ("FICPI").
Experience:
- Prepared, filed and prosecuted numerous patent applications in the areas of
biotechnology, biochemistry, pharmaceuticals and organic chemistry since 1982.
- Represented clients in numerous patent interferences and at all stages of the
proceedings.
- Prepared, filed and prosecuted a variety of reexamination and reissue applications.
- Handled numerous appeals, including Oral Hearings, before the U.S. Board of Patent
Appeals and Interferences.
- Experienced in District Court patent infringement litigations.
- Counseled clients and prepared numerous opinions analyzing patent validity and
infringement issues.
- Managed worldwide patent portfolios, including prosecution of applications in numerous
countries and management of Oppositions before the Japanese Patent Office, European Patent
Office and Australian Patent Office. Conducted due diligence studies regarding corporate
intellectual patent portfolios.
- Practiced in intellectual property field since 1977, specializing in chemical and
biotechnology patents, patent interferences, and litigation.
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