General Info

Gerard is a registered patent practitioner (Reg. No. 52,054) who specializes in patent procurement (e.g., patent prosecution) before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Matters include preparation and filing of patent applications onwards to allowance and issuance of enforceable patents. This typically involves negotiating the broadest scope of the claims available to the client via matters including, but not limited to, the preparation and filing of office action responses, Requests for Continued Examination (RCEs), appeal briefs, pre-appeal briefs, and reply briefs.