International Patent Subject Matter Eligibility: Court Treatment, Patent Office Practices, Filing and Claiming

Dr. Browning focuses on patent litigation and appeals. He has led teams as first chair at trial, at Markman proceedings, and on appeal. His litigation experience includes taking and cross examining witnesses at trial, briefing and arguing dispositive motions, drafting appellate briefs, and arguing cases on appeal. He has also managed day-to-day litigation activities in actions involving multiple parties. In addition, he advises clients on patent matters, including coordination of prosecution and U.S. and foreign litigation strategy.

Mr. Johns maintains a diverse patent practice, including drafting and prosecuting patent applications related to electronics, software, telecommunications, and business methods; providing client counseling and portfolio management; and handling post-grant proceedings including inter partes review and covered business methods. He also provides freedom-to-operate opinions and has assisted on district court litigations related to telecommunications, computer software, and mechanical devices. Before joining Finnegan, he served as a patent examiner at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for nearly five years.

Dr. Leiman prosecutes and provides strategic counseling on U.S. and foreign patent portfolios, provides validity and patentability opinions, and manages and prepares landscape and freedom-to-operate analyses. She has developed global prosecution strategies and prosecuted patent applications in fields spanning the life sciences, including antibodies, complement inhibition, controlled-release formulations, diagnostics and in vitro detection assays, gene editing (e.g., CRISPR), gene therapy, immunology, immuno-oncology, metabolic disease, neuroscience, nucleotide sequencing, protein purification, and recombinant and fusion protein therapeutics. Her work also includes preparing invalidity and infringement contentions for district court litigations in the mechanical and electrical spaces.

Ms. Morozova's professional career has spanned across three countries and more than ten years of legal experience across two continents. Her unique background enables her to understand cultural nuances and helps her to advise a broad range of clients across the world. Qualified as a patent attorney in the United States and Europe, she focuses her practice on patent procurement and portfolio development in all fields of engineering on both sides of the Pond. She has technical expertise across different fields of engineering, most particularly in information technology and software, telecommunications, and mechanical. Her experience includes patent drafting and prosecution of patent and design applications internationally, developing and implementing IP strategies tailored to business plans, worldwide patent portfolio management, freedom-to-operate searches and infringement, and validity advice. She has worked with a diverse range of global clients from startups to large corporations and is well adept at understanding and meeting the different aims and requirements of each individual client.