PARTNERS
Frank S. DiGiglio
Paul J. Esatto, Jr.
Leopold Presser
Mark J. Cohen, Ph.D.
John S. Sensny
Edward W. Grolz
Steven Fischman
Peter I. Bernstein, M.S.
Thomas Spinelli
Xiaochun Zhu, Ph.D.
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Frank S. DiGiglio Partner |
| Frank DiGiglio received his B.S. in Biology from Boston College in 1975 and his J.D. from St. John's University School of Law in 1982. He was admitted to the N.Y. State Bar in 1983, the U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of N.Y., N.Y. State Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and U.S. Court of Appeals, and Federal Circuit. Mr. DiGiglio is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and is a member of the N.Y.S. Biotechnology Association, NYIPA and AIPLA. Mr. DiGiglio is an Adjunct Professor at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (Yeshiva University) in Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Patent Law. Mr. DiGiglio is experienced in patent and trademark
litigation; extensive interference practice; Federal Circuit appeal
practice; with technical emphasis in biotechnology, biochemistry
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Paul J. Esatto, Jr. Partner |
| Paul Esatto, Jr. received his B.E., Electrical from City College of New York in 1976 and his J.D. from St. John's University School of Law in 1983. He was admitted to the N.Y. State Bar in 1984; U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit; U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of N.Y., and is registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Mr. Esatto is a member of the NYIPLA; AIPLA, IP Practice in Japan committee; INTA; LES; IEEE, Communications Society, Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Electron Devices Society, ABA IP Section; Suffolk County Bar Association; LIA; LIFT; and LISTnet, Business & Technology Law committee. Mr. Esatto is experienced in patent, trademark,
copyright and unfair trade practices litigation in the Federal and
State Courts; trademark opposition and cancellation practice; licensing
of intellectual property; portfolio management and counseling; patent
procurement with technical expertise in computers, communications,
semiconductors, networking, software, circuits, electronic devices,
internet technology, business methods and nanotechnology. |
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Leopold Presser Partner |
| Leopold Presser received his B.E., Mechanical from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn in 1951 and his LL.B. from Brooklyn Law School in 1957. He was admitted to the N.Y. State Bar in 1962, U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd and Federal Districts, and is registered to practice before U.S. and Canadian Patent and Trademark Offices. Mr. Presser was a Hydraulics Engineer at Baldwin-LimaHamilton Corp. (Loewy Hydropress) from 1951-1953 and a Design Engineer for Eastern Engineering Corp. from 1953-1957. Mr. Presser was also Patents and Contracts Mgr., for Fairchild Engine from 1957-1959.
Mr. Presser has extensive experience in the mechanical, electronic
and metallurgical arts, particularly in the fields of communications,
packaging, photographic equipment, optics, photocopiers, and medical
devices as well as steel production and processing, general machinery
and plant production equipment, aircraft and automotive equipment
and design. He offers special expertise in design patents. Mr. Presser
holds security classification for handling NATO secret matters. |
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Mark J. Cohen, Ph.D. Partner |
| Mark Cohen received his B.A. in Biochemistry from the University of Pennsylvania in 1975 and his M.S. in Organic Chemistry, M.Phil. and Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from New York University. In 1984 he received his J.D. from Hofstra University, School of Law. Mr. Cohen was admitted to the N.J. and N.Y. State Bar in 1985 and to the U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of N.Y., District of New Jersey, U.S. Court of Appeals and Federal Circuit and is registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Mr. Cohen is a member of the Nassau County Bar Association, N.J. State Bar Association, N.Y. Bar Association, AIPLA and ABA. Mr. Cohen is experienced in all aspects (U.S.
and worldwide) of patent procurement/transactional and litigation
including patent prosecution; opinions including freedom to operate,
infringement and validity opinions; licensing, counseling, interference,
litigation and opposition practice in the European Patent Office,
especially in areas relating to chemistry (organic and inorganic),
biochemistry, pharmaceuticals food technology, and nanotechnology.
Recently he published an article entitled, "A Change in Pharmaceutical
Prosecution Practice" Intellectual Property Today, Volume 10, No.
10, page 29, October, (2003). |
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John S. Sensny Partner |
| John Sensny received his B.S., Engineering Physics, summa cum laude from Ohio State University in 1973 and his J.D. cum laude from Ohio State University in 1976. Mr. Sensny was admitted to the Ohio State Bar in 1976 and to the N.Y. State Bar in 1978. He is registered to practice in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Mr. Sensny is admitted to practice before the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and before the Federal District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Mr. Sensny has expertise in patent prosecution with a special emphasis on computer software and hardware, business methods and e-commerce. He is a member of the American Bar Association. Email: sensny@ssmp.com |
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Edward W. Grolz Partner |
| Edward Grolz received his B.S. in Chemistry in 1981 and his J.D. in 1984 from Hofstra University. He was admitted to the N.Y. State Bar in 1985 and registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Mr. Grolz is a member of AIPLA and AIPPI. Mr. Grolz is experienced in international patent
laws and worldwide patent solicitation including PCT and EPO practice,
and inter partes matters including nullity actions, oppositions,
invalidations and cancellations. He oversees all foreign filings
for SSMP clients and performs all aspects of U.S. patent prosecution
and chemical patent practice. Mr. Grolz offers expertise in a wide
range of chemical and biological fields, including food processing
technology, pharmaceuticals and polymer chemistry. |
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Steven Fischman Partner |
| Steven Fischman received his B.S.E.E. from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1984 and his J.D in 1992 from New York Law School. He was admitted to the N.Y. State Bar in 1993 and registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Mr. Fischman was an Associate Test Engineer for Grumman Aircraft Systems, Inc. from 1985-1989. Mr. Fischman is a member of the ENIPLA, AIPLA and ABA. He is a member of the National Engineering Honor Society, Tau Beta Pi, 1982; and Electrical Engineering Honor Society, Eta Kappa Nu, 1983. Mr. Fischman is experienced in
all aspects of patent procurement with technical expertise in computers,
communications, semiconductors, networking, software, circuits,
electronic devices, internet technology, business methods and nanotechnology. |
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Peter I. Bernstein Partner |
| Peter Bernstein received his B.S. in Nutritional Biochemistry from Cornell University in 1987, then his M.S. in Biology/Natural Sciences from State University of New York at Buffalo in 1988. In 1994, Mr. Bernstein received his J.D. from Western New England College of Law. Mr. Bernstein was admitted to the N.Y. State Bar in 1995; U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit and is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Mr. Bernstein is a member of the ABA, AIPLA, Biotechnology Industry Organization, Association of University Technology Managers and the Licensing Executives Society. Mr. Bernstein has technical expertise in molecular and cell biology, biochemistry, immunology, microbiology and nutritional sciences and is experienced in all practice areas of intellectual property, patent prosecution, litigation, interferences and counseling. Additional languages: Spanish |
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Thomas Spinelli Partner |
| Thomas Spinelli received his B.E., Mechanical Engineering degree from the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1986 and his J.D. from St. John's University School of Law, cum laude in 1995. He was admitted to the N.Y. State Bar in 1996 and is registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Mr. Spinelli was a Test Engineer at Uniwave Inc. from 1985-1986; a Design Engineer for Traulsen and Co. from 1986-1987; a Design/Project Engineer for Pall Corporation from 1987-1990; a Design/Project Engineer at Olympus America Inc., from 1990-1996 and later became an in house Patent Attorney for Olympus America Inc. from 1996-1997. Mr. Spinelli has extensive experience in the engineering
arts, particularly in the fields of medical devices, filtration,
web converting, automated production machinery, heat transfer devices,
textiles and textile machinery, optics, liquid crystal and projection
displays, digital watermarking, communication devices, mechanical
and electromechanical devices; sports equipment, alarm systems,
recommendation systems, computer hardware, software and business
method patents. |
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Xiaochun Zhu, Ph.D. Partner |
| Dr. Xiaochun Zhu received her B.S. eqv., Bioscience from Tsinghua University, Beijing, P.R. China. She completed a doctoral thesis in the field of molecular genetics and biochemistry, and received her Ph.D., Biochemistry, from Brandeis University in 1996. Dr. Zhu conducted research in the field of molecular immunology as a postdoctoral fellow at Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School. Dr. Zhu has co-authored scientific publications in Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences, USA 91(22): 10531-5 (1994); and J. Biol. Chem. 274(30): 21170-9 (1999). Dr. Zhu joined Scully Scott Murphy Presser in 1997 as a technical consultant. She obtained her J.D., magna cum laude, from St. John's University School of Law in 2002 and was admitted to New York State bar in 2003. Dr. Zhu obtained an official recognition to practice before the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office in 1998 and is a registered patent attorney. Dr. Zhu's technical expertise is in the areas of biochemistry, molecular biology, immunology, cell biology, genetics, pharmaceuticals and nanobiotechnology. She practices in all aspects of patent prosecution in the U.S., including drafting and prosecuting patent applications, reexamination, reissue and interference proceedings, as well as in various aspects of the PCT practice. In addition, Dr. Zhu assists in prosecution of foreign patent applications, including providing support in European opposition proceedings and Canadian conflict proceedings. Dr. Zhu is experienced in opinion work, including validity, non-infringement, and freedom-to-operate opinions, as well as inventorship analyses. Dr. Zhu counsels a range of clients from large corporations to start-up companies and universities, including international clients, particularly clients from China. Additional Language: Chinese Email: xzhu@ssmp.com |
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