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	Joseph M. Butscher Partner Email. jbutscher@mcandrews-ip.com Tel. (312) 775-8000 Practice Areas Patent prosecution, non-infringement/invalidity opinions, product clearances, patent interferences, IP due diligence, licensing, trademark prosecution, litigation Education Lewis University, B.S., Physics (minors in mathematics and philosophy), 1997 Notre Dame Law School, J.D., 2000 Bar Admissions Member of the Illinois Bar and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Registered to practice before the United States Patent & Trademark Office. Professional Experience Joe's practice involves assisting clients in a wide variety of intellectual property matters including prosecution of patents before the Patent & Trademark Office (prosecuting numerous patent applications through issuance), noninfringement/invalidity opinions, patent interferences, product clearances, evaluation of patented technology in business contexts (for example, IP due diligence investigations in relation to mergers & acquisitions), and enforcement of intellectual property through licensing and litigation. Joe has worked with various technologies in the fields of mechanical, electrical and chemical engineering, including medical devices (for example, surgical navigation systems and diagnostic imaging systems, such as x-ray, CT, MRI and ultrasound), electrical connectors and mechanical fasteners for use in a wide range of equipment (ranging from computers to automobiles), broadband communications chips and related systems, compressed gas storage and delivery systems, olefin polymerization systems, in-ear speakerphones and hearing aids, electronic dart game machines, and computer jukeboxes. Presentations: Author, Recent Changes To The Appeal Process, presented at AIPLA Roadshow, April 7, 2006 Speaker, Recent Changes To Appeal And Continuation Practice, AIPLA Roadshow, April 7, 2006 Speaker, The Pre-Appeal Brief Conference Program, Chicago Bar Association, February 28, 2006 Publications Author, An Unappealing Proposal: Another PTO Effort To Hamstring Applicants, Intellectual Property Today, Volume 15, No. 4 (April, 2008) View File Author, Pre-Appeal Brief Panels Should Allow More Applications Rather Than Reopening Prosecution, Intellectual Property Today, Volume 14, No. 7 (July, 2007) View File Author, Suggestions For The Pre-Appeal Brief Conference Pilot Program, Intellectual Property Today, Volume 12, No. 12 (December, 2005) View File Back to Top

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