Abraham J. Rosner Partner

Mr. Rosner's practice focuses on patent prosecution, reexamination and opinions relating to validity, infringement and licensing.

District of Columbia, Virginia
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

George Mason University School of Law (J.D.  1988)
University of Maryland, College Park (M.S.Ch.E  1979)
Georgetown University (B.S. Chemistry, 1977)

Mr. Rosner draws upon eight years of experience with a Fortune 500 company as a manufacturing engineer in the area of semiconductor device fabrication and as an environmental engineer responsible for regulatory assessments. He is also a licensed professional engineer in the State of Virginia.

Sughrue, Mion, Zinn, Macpeak & Seas, Resident in Tokyo office (1994-98)
IBM, Environmental Engineer (1987-88) - regulatory assessment; Manufacturing Engineer (1980-87) - semiconductor device fabrication


Claim Construction During Reexamination with Parallel District Court Proceedings
Duty of Disclosure and Inequitable Conduct Raised As An Affirmative Defense
Extraterritorial Reach of U.S. Patents is Narrowed to Exclude Method Patents
Marking and Notice Presentation
Use of Rule 132 Declaration in Traversing Rejections Following the KSR Decision
KSR International Co., v. Teleflex Inc.
Product-By-Process Claims Patentability And Infringement
eBay Inc. V. MercExchante, LLC - Remedies for Patent Infringement, Permanent Injunctions & Patent Trolls
PCT Practice
Identifying and Antedating Prior Art in U.S. Practice
In re Peterson Concerning Obviousness and Overlapping Ranges
Provisional Applications
Doctrine of Equivalents and Dedication to the Public
Written Description Requirement Under 35 U.S.C. § 112 For Claims Directed To DNA Encoding Protein
Biotechnology Process Patents Bill Concerning Patentability Of Biotechnological Processes
Background And Summary Of The Decision Of The Court Of Appeals For The Federal Circuit In Re Brana Concerning Practical Utility Requirements For Pharmaceutical Inventions And New USPTO Utility Examination Guidelines
Patent Term Adjustment Papers filed after Allowance
PCT Practice And Filing A Continuation Application As An Alternative To National Stage Entry In The United States
Infringement Analysis

Lectured in Japan on U.S. patent law and practice at meetings of the Tokyo Pharmaceutical Association, Licensing Executives Society, Kensai Intellectual Property Association and Japanese patent attorney study groups