Leo J. Peters
Registered Patent Attorney Specializing in Patent, Trademark and Copyright Causes
Registered patent attorney with experience since 1990 in private practice, involving intellectual property litigation and patent and trademark prosecution; five years of experience, from 1983 - 1988, as a patent examiner with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Key Responsibilities:
Preparation, filing, prosecution and analysis of patents and patent applications concerning inventions in the areas of electrical and mechanical engineering, including fiberoptics, medical devices,(e.g., catheters, stents, lasers), instruments, three-phase power circuits, spread-spectrum communications, semiconductor chip design and fabrication (including ASICs);materials science including holographic data storage and three-dimensional imaging; computer science, including computer architecture and software; and biotechnology.
Rendering of patent infringement opinions; technology audits; cease-and-desist letters; filing for trademark registration, cancellation and opposition proceedings; drafting and analyzing intellectual property licenses.
Providing litigation support in over a dozen complex intellectual property law suits in federal court.
Conducting and analyzing prior art searches of inventions regarding patentability and infringement.
Drafting of licenses and confidentiality agreements regarding trade secrets and technology transfer; registering copyrights.
Other Experience:
Amateur programmer in C/C++/C# (a program here: game of Higher Life), ASP.NET, ADO.NET, and Silverlight.
J.D., George Washington University,1988.
B.S.E.E., George Mason University,1990.
B.S.M.E., George Washington University,1983.
Member of the Patent Bar of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the District of Columbia Bar.
Born in Washington D.C. Hobbies: traveling, programming, chess. Languages: Greek.
Chichen Itza, Mexico
Machu Picchu,Peru
Pyramid of the Sun, Teotihuacán, Mexico
Leo J. Peters
leopeters @ outlook.com
Email Address:
E-mail: leopeters '@' outlook.com
http://www.uspto.gov/ (Official website for the Patent and Trademark Office)
http://www.nolo.com/ (Nolo Press publishes self-help books on intellectual property law)