Pattric Joseph Rawlins

Practice Details

• Firm Information
  Position

  Partner

  Firm Name

  Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Representative Matters: Successfully h
  led post grant patent invalidation matters including prosecution before the Central Reexamination Unit, briefing
  argument before the USPTO Patent Trial
  Appeal Board,
  briefing
  argument before the Federal Circuit.
  Assist in-house counsel to develop
  implement strategic plan for global patent protection of core technology in the US, Europe
  Asia.
  Prepared, prosecuted
  obtained significant patents in the digital pathology, mesh networking, wireless communications, web analytics
  other fields.
  Prepared, filed
  prosecuted accelerated patent application resulting in a notice of allowance within thirty days of filing the application
  grant of the US patent in under four months.
  Prepared
  filed numerous successful ex parte reexamination requests of competitor patents resulting in strategic delay of potential litigation
  establishing intervening rights for client.
  H
  led ex parte reexamination of client patent asserted in litigation resulting in certification of the originally patented claims
  substantial settlement of related litigation.
  Prepared, filed
  successfully prosecuted post grant invalidity attack of US patent asserted against client resulting in final rejection
  non-certification of originally patented claims
  favorable settlement terms for client in related litigation.
  H
  led post grant inter partes reexamination of client patents asserted in litigation resulting in certified claims that read on competitor products.
  H
  led post grant opposition of client's European patent in European Patent Office resulting in confirmed claims that read on competitor products.
  Prosecuted reissue patent applications to obtain reissue patent for client including original claims
  new claims reading on competitor products.
  Analyzed client accused products in view of competitor asserted patents
  prepared non-infringement opinion letter
  successfully defended the opinion letter during deposition by opposing counsel in related litigation resulting in very favorable settlement for client.
  Represented defendant in patent infringement lawsuit relating to digital pathology technology resulting in a substantial victory for client
  license to extensive patent portfolio.
  Represented plaintiff/counter-defendant in related patent infringement lawsuits in the field of PC Card technology.
  Defended trade secret misappropriation lawsuit resulting in complete dismissal by plaintiff. Procopio -- Intellectual Property from Procopio on Vimeo.