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	Dennis H. Jaskoviak Jr. Partner Email. djaskoviak@mcandrews-ip.com Tel. (312)775-8000 Practice Areas Patent Litigation and Prosecution. Education Northern Illinois University, B.S. Mechanical Engineering, cum laude, 1999 University of Chicago Law School, J.D., 2002 Bar Admissions Admitted to practice in Illinois. Member of the bar of the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and the District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Professional Experience Dennis H. Jaskoviak Jr. joined the firm in 2002. Dennis has since diversified his practice to include litigation, arbitration, and patent prosecution. He has experience with a wide range of technologies including medical devices, nuclear power generation, steam turbine drives, turbine generators, fresh water distillation, heat transfer devices, refuse collection devices, friction clutches, and chain and sprocket drives. Dennis and his partners defeated a motion for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction, and later won two summary judgment motions involving non-infringement and invalidity for lack of written description. ICU Medical, Inc. v. ALARIS Medical Systems, Inc., Civil Action No. SA CV 04-0689 MRP (VBKx) (C.D. Cal. 2004-07). The Federal Circuit affirmed this victory on March 13, 2009 in case no. 2008-1077. Prior to attending law school, Dennis served in the U.S. nuclear navy onboard the aircraft carriers Enterprise and Theodore Roosevelt. Following an honorable discharge, Dennis supervised contract radiation protection personnel during refueling operations at various Com Ed nuclear plants in Illinois. Publications e-Discovery Best Practices: Looking Beyond the FRCP, Jennifer E. Lacroix and Dennis H. Jaskoviak, Jr., Course Handbook for PLI's Third Annual Patent Law Institute, p. 343 (2009). Back to Top