Biography
Paul concentrates his practice in all aspects of patent procurement and patent enforcement matters. Paul has drafted and prosecuted patent applications in the mechanical and electrical arts, including the technology areas of medical devices, gas turbine engines, cutting tool materials and metallurgical processes, semiconductor devices, printed wiring boards, power tools, dunnage converter machines, network technology, image processing machines, computer hardware and software devices, aircraft wheel and brake assemblies, and telecommunications technologies.
Paul has extensive experience in drafting opinions of non-infringement and invalidity, advising clients on ways to avoid different types of infringement, particularly from an international perspective, and counseling clients on enforcement matters.
Paul can speak conversational Japanese.
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J.D., Cleveland State University, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Cleveland State University, summa cum laude
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Krieg DeVault, Indianapolis, IN – Partner
Itoh International Patent Office, Tokyo, JP; Nagoya International Patent Firm, Nagoya, JP; Ogasawara Patent Firm, Osaka, JP – Of Counsel
Watts, Hoffmann, Fischer & Heinke, Cleveland, OH - Associate
NASA Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, OH – Mechanical engineer
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Ohio | District of Columbia | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana | U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
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American Intellectual Property Law Association
Cleveland Intellectual Property Law Association
Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society