Practice Expertise

  • Energy
  • Energy Technology
  • Asia Pacific
  • Europe

Areas of Practice

  • Asia Pacific
  • Energy
  • Energy Technology
  • Europe
  • AI, Metaverse, and Emerging Technologies
  • Intellectual Property
  • Litigation
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • North America
  • Patent Litigation
  • Patent Procurement and Management
  • Patent Prosecution
  • Patent Trial Appeal Board Proceedings
  • Post-Grant Patent and Administrative Trials ...
  • Post-Grant Proceedings Practice
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Profile

Daniel focuses his practice on electro-mechanical patent matters.

His practice includes preparing and prosecuting U.S., P.C.T. and foreign utility and design patent applications; patent office post-grant proceedings; strategic counseling and due diligence; managing complex patent prosecution dockets; conducting studies of patent validity and infringement; performing freedom-to-operate studies; and assisting with intellectual property licensing and litigation. He has expertise in a variety of fields, including automotive, medical devices, oil and gas, electronics, marine engines, turbines and consumer products. Daniel’s clients include Toyota, NICHIA, ExxonMobil, Ingenious Designs (IDL), VF Corporation, and a large financial services corporation, among others.

Daniel’s prior experience includes working as an electro-mechanical engineer for the Department of the Navy, serving as an officer in the United States Naval Reserve, and, while attending law school, working as a patent examiner at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in the mechanical arts.

Representative Experience

  • Toyota in prosecuting hundreds of patent applications before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
  • NICHIA, the world's largest supplier of LEDs, in prosecuting patent applications before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and providing strategic patent advice.
  • ExxonMobil, the world’s largest publicly traded international oil and gas company, in prosecution and opinion matters.
  • A large financial services corporation in preparing and prosecuting U.S. patent applications.
  • The North Face (a VF Corporation brand) in a confidential design patent matter.
  • Ingenious Designs (IDL), a consumer products company and subsidiary of HSN, in design patent protection strategies. Also prosecuted and procured numerous U.S. and foreign design patents on behalf of IDL.

Education
BSME, US Merchant Marine Academy, 1996

Areas of Practice

  • Asia Pacific
  • Energy
  • Energy Technology
  • Europe
  • AI, Metaverse, and Emerging Technologies
  • Intellectual Property
  • Litigation
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • North America
  • Patent Litigation
  • Patent Procurement and Management
  • Patent Prosecution
  • Patent Trial Appeal Board Proceedings
  • Post-Grant Patent and Administrative Trials Practice
  • Post-Grant Proceedings Practice

Professional Career



Articles

  • Samsung v. Apple – The Supreme Court Limits Damages in Design Patent Cases
  • INSIGHT: Overcoming Patent Subject Matter Eligibility Rejections, Bloomberg Law

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