Mechanical Assistant
Resume:
JONATHAN E. GRANT
Tel:
Silver Spring, Maryland 20906
Cell: (301)
Fax: 301-***-****
e-mail:
******@************.***
www.grantpatents.com
BAR ADMISSIONS New York State
District of Columbia
United States Patent Bar (Reg. No. 34,830)
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
Federal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
Federal District Court For the District of Columbia
Federal District Court For the Southern District of
Manhattan
LEGAL Grant Patent Services
EXPERIENCE Washington, D.C.
Patent Related Partner
. Draft patent, trademark and copyright applications;
. Perform patent and trademark searching, patent preparation,
filing, and prosecution in the biotechnology, chemical,
mechanical, biochemical and electrical fields for U.S. and
P.C.T. patent applications;
. File foreign patent and trademark applications;
. Counsel clients;
. Consult on patent litigation;
. Prepare infringement and validity studies;
. Negotiate and write licensing agreements;
. Prepare appeal briefs;
. Respond to trademark oppositions;
. Draft joint venture agreements;
. Prepare appeal briefs; and
. Provide assistance and support for patent and trademark
infringement cases;
. Clients include domestic and foreign individual inventors,
as well as medium and large corporations.
. Subject matter for which patent applications have been
drafted or searched include medical devices, biomedical
instrumentation, biotechnological equipment and materials,
packaging, containers, automobile parts, tools,
pharmaceutical products, diagnostic kits, resins and
plastics, coatings, petroleum products, lubricants,
detergents, photocopying equipment, toys, inks, toners,
fire retardant materials, reagents, specialty chemicals,
chromatography chemicals and equipment, chemical processes,
other mechanical devices, and numerous mechanical
processes.
1992-present
Oliff & Berridge
Alexandria, Virginia
Associate
. Prepared and prosecuted patent applications, including
drafting, filing, and prosecuting chemical and mechanical
patent applications;
. Drafted licensing agreements; and
. Performed patent searches.
1991-1992
Longacre & White
Arlington, Virginia
Associate
. Drafted and prosecuted patent applications;
. Drafted patent, trademark, and copyright complaints;
. Involved in litigation negotiations, including preparation
of negotiation documents;
. Prepared Information Disclosure Statements, petitions to
make applications special;
. Drafted settlement agreements;
. Counseled clients; and
. Performed legal research.
1991
Sandler, Greenblum and Bernstein
Arlington, Virginia
Associate
. Litigated patent and trademark cases;
. Drafted Motions and memoranda;
. Filed and answered complaints;
. Attended depositions;
. Drafted and prosecuted patent applications;
. Prepared Information Disclosure Statements; and
. Responded to Restriction Requirements.
1989-1990
LEGAL
LECTURES
Lecturer, Technology Licensing of As a Business
Development Strategy
Technology Innovation Center, Hagerstown, Maryland
June 16, 2010
Moderator, Responding to patent reform in Congress, the
Courts and the PTO.
American Intellectual Property Law Association Spring
Meeting
New York, New York May 6-8, 2010
Lecturer, "Business Strategies for Startup Nanotech
Companies
Symposium on Nanotechnology "Nanotechnology: The Future is
Now."
Chicago, Illinois, July 29-31, 2005
Guest Lecturer, "Fundamentals of Patent and Trademark Law"
Graduate course:"Science and the Law," Frederick Abramson,
Instructor
Johns Hopkins University
Rockville, Maryland, July 19. 2005
Lecturer, "Licensing" and
"Strategic Licensing and Venture Capital"
Overseas Scholars Program of
Dalian, China
China-USA Drug Regulations-
Biotech and IP Protection Workshop
Dalian, China June 27-29, 2004
Moderator, Advanced Patent Prosecution Section
American Intellectual Property
Law Association Annual Meeting
Washington, D.C., October 17-19, 2002
Moderator, Litigation Tract
American Intellectual Property Law
Association Annual Meeting
Arlington, Virginia - October 19, 2001
Moderator, Trademark Tract
American Intellectual Property Law Association Annual
Meeting
Arlington, Virginia - October
19, 2000
Lecturer, The McDonald's Trademark Litigation
in South Africa
Trademark Protection in an Emerging
Economy
American Intellectual Property
Law Association 100th Annual Meeting
Plenary Presentation,
Arlington, Virginia - October 16, 1997
LEGAL
PUBLICATONS
The IBM Patent Site -- An Aid, Not Nirvana.
Intellectual Property Today, Volume 5:5, May, 1998
The McDonald's Trademark Litigation in South Africa
Trademark Protection In An Emerging Economy
Selected Legal Papers, American Intellectual Property Law
Association
Volume XVI, No. 2, October 1997
The Misuse Defense in Drug Products Liability Cases.
Pace Law Review, Volume 8:3, Summer 1988
The Pre-Trial Notice Requirement of Federal Rule of
Evidence 803(24).
Drake Law Review, Volume 36:1, Fall 1986
The Equivalent Circumstantial Guarantees of
Trustworthiness Standard for Federal Rule of Evidence
803(24).
Dickinson Law Review, Volume 90:1, Fall 1985
The Trustworthiness Standard for the Public Records and
Reports Hearsay Exception.
Western State University Law Review, Volume 12:1, Fall
1984, cited in Beech
Aircraft Corp. v. Rainey, 488 U.S. 153, 162, n.11 (1988)
EDUCATION
Legal THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY, WASHINGTON
COLLEGE OF LAW,
Washington, D.C.
J.D., May 1984
Moot Court
Director of Judges 1983-1984
ATLA Trial Advocacy Team 1983-
1984
Upper Class Competition 1983
First Year Competition 1982
Criminal Justice Clinic 1983-
1984
Criminal and Civil Trial
Practice 1982-1983
Phi Alpha Delta Legal Fraternity Honor Society
Graduate JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, Baltimore,
Maryland
M..A. in Biology, November
1980
Graduate Fellow/Teaching
Assistant
Undergraduate UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, College Park,
Maryland
B.S. in Microbiology, cum laude
(top 10 percent) and with General Honors, August 1978
General Honors Thesis: "What Has Burr Wrought? An
Examination of the Founding of the Manhattan Company"
Honor Societies: Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Sigma, Sigma Alpha
Omicron, Alpha Lambda, Delta, Phi Eta Sigma
ADDITIONAL Member: AIPLA, INTA, Women in BIO, IPO, TCM,
CBA, and observer status at APAA,
Member, Converging Technologies
Attended numerous meetings and courses sponsored
by AIPLA, INTA, and APAA.
Patent searcher from 1981 through 1984
while attending law school.
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