Chemical
At BSKB, we combine industry knowledge with intellectual property law expertise. That’s why all of the intellectual property law attorneys and technical advisors in our Chemical Practice Group have either undergraduate or graduate degrees in chemistry or chemical engineering. Many of us began our careers as patent examiners at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), chemists, process engineers or professors.
Our diverse technical backgrounds and experiences help us to better understand complex chemistries and highly technical engineering issues. We prepare and prosecute hundreds of chemical patent applications in the USPTO, and various foreign countries, each year.
We represent pharmaceutical and chemical companies around the world and have prosecuted chemical patents in the areas of polymer chemistry, chemical processing and synthesis, catalysts, materials science, organic and inorganic chemistry, pharmaceutical chemistry, physical chemistry and nanotechnology.
Attorneys and Professionals
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MaryAnne Armstrong, Ph.D
Partner
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John W. Bailey
Partner
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Hailey R. Bureau, Ph.D
Registered Patent Agent
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Estella M Gustilo, Ph.D.
Registered Patent Agent
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Joseph A. Kolasch
Founding Ptr./Sr. Counsel
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Toyohiko Konno
Registered Patent Agent
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Craig A. McRobbie
Partner
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Andrew D. Meikle
Partner
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Chad Rink and Hailey Bureau, Ph.D. talk about indefinite claims at the PTAB and alternative routes in WIPR- Issue 1.
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February 8, 2018
Prior Art Takes New Shapes: Relying on Non-traditional Prior Art to Invalidate a Patent
Pharmaceutical Patent Analyst
When we teach kids today about Internet privacy, one of the things that is emphasized is that once something has been posted on the Internet, that posting seemingly takes on a life of its own, with an eternal existence, even if the original poster deletes the posting. Unfortunately, companies have not learned this lesson and temporal items, such as press releases and Internet publications, can come back to haunt a patent owner in the form of invalidating prior art for a post-grant review. The following paragraphs consider ‘non-traditional’ prior art, for example, press releases, Internet publications, drug labels among others, and examine considerations in determining whether such non-traditional prior art can be used as a basis for invalidating a patent.
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Precedential Decisions When Challenging Patents
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December 1, 2020
BSKB ranked in 2021 "Best Law Firms"
Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP has been ranked in the 2021 U.S. News - Best Lawyers® "Best Law Firms" list nationally in 3 practice areas and regionally in 3 practice areas.
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