Navigating the USPTO Examiner Count System and Other USPTO Programs

Ms. Burgy focuses on opinion work, client counseling, patent prosecution and management, and litigation in the chemical, pharmaceutical, and biotechnology arts. She counsels her clients on a diverse range of patent issues. She assists clients on single-patent issues as well as complex matters involving multiple patents and applications requiring ongoing advice on patent portfolio strategy and development, with an eye towards litigation. She has assisted clients in the early stages of development through due diligence and patent portfolio analysis.

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.

Mr. Rajan practices patent litigation and prosecution for a wide range of clients, from startups to established companies. His patent prosecution practice focuses on drafting and prosecuting patent applications in a broad range of technologies, including electrical and computer technologies, healthcare IT software and systems, business methods, and mechanical technologies. He also focuses on the IP issues of emerging technologies such as additive manufacturing, also known as 3D printing.