Title: Patenting for
the
Inventor
Who:Michael A. Blake
When: Tuesday, September 15th, 2009, 7pm
Where: Room 107C, Fairfield University Library at Fairfield
University
Patenting for the
Inventor
by Michael A. Blake
Abstract
The presentation will be about the US patent system and the individual
inventor. An overview of the US patent system, preparation of patent
applications, prosecution of patent applications and issuance of
patents
will be discussed, with plenty of time for questions from those in
attendance. slides from the
presentation audio
from the presentation
Michael A. Blake has been registered to practice before the U.S. Patent
and
Trademark Office since 1997; and was admitted to the California bar in
1998,
and the Connecticut bar in 2005. Michael graduated from Texas A&M
University
with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering in 1989. He
received
his law degree from the University of Texas in 1996. Prior to attending
law
school, Michael was employed for four years as a mechanical engineer at
Bently Nevada Corporation, now a GE Power Systems business. At
Bently
Nevada he diagnosed machinery malfunctions and performed optical
alignment
on various industrial machines, such as turbines, pumps, compressors and
reciprocating engines.
Michael is experienced in obtaining patent protection for a variety of
technical areas, including, consumer products, semiconductors,
automobile
systems, turbine and pump systems, drilling systems, and computer
systems.
Before opening his own firm, Michael was an attorney at the patent law
firm
Cantor Colburn in Connecticut. Prior to that he was an attorney with
Sierra
Patent Group in Nevada.
Michael is an instructor at Fairfield University, he teaches the
graduate
level engineering course "Management of Intellectual Property Assets."
Michael is a past vice-president of the Inventors Association of
Connecticut
(IACT). Additionally, Michael is a member of the Connecticut Bar
Association; the State Bar of California; the National Association of
Patent
Practitioners (NAPP); the United Inventors Association (UIA); and the
Innovator's Resource Network (IRN).