Top best Intellectual Property Lawyers Near me in ZIP 63102

Ms. Swiezynski's practice includes all areas of intellectual property law, with special emphasis in preparation and prosecution of U.S. and foreign patents relating to electronics, computer systems, software systems and business methods.

Mr. Wegman's practice includes all areas of intellectual property law, with emphasis on the preparation and prosecution of patent applications in the chemical arts in the United States and abroad. Representative areas include agricultural chemicals, industrial chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and the processes and apparatus utilized to produce these chemicals.

Mr. Tietz’s practice is devoted primarily to the preparation and prosecution of patent applications in the chemical and environmental fields in the United States and abroad. His experience includes drafting and prosecuting patent applications relating to agricultural technology as well as innovative processes for manufacturing products from bio-renewable materials.

Mr. Roedel engages in a wide ranging intellectual property practice, including litigation, chemical patent preparation and prosecution, and antitrust cases. He has developed substantial expertise in chemical and chemical engineering patent matters, both organic and inorganic. His prosecution, counseling and litigation practice has ranged over an exceptional wide range of chemical and chemical engineering subject matter including organic synthesis, catalysis, electrochemistry, polymers, protein chemistry, immunoassays, chromatography, sulfuric acid technology, chemical engineering separations and process design, process control, photochemistry and lithography.

Mr. O'Neill's practice concentrates on counseling and litigation in the areas of trademark, copyright, and unfair competition law. His trademark counseling provides recommendations on trademark selection, usage, and protection.. Before becoming an attorney, Mr. O'Neill worked in the advertising agency business, first with J. Walter Thompson Company in Chicago and later as a Vice President of D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles in St. Louis. He helped develop and execute advertising and marketing strategies for a large number of brand names belonging to a diverse group of clients, including Anheuser-Busch, Inc., Brown Shoe Company, ConAgra Foods, Enterprise-Rent-A-Car, Kal Kan Pet Foods, Kraft Foods, M&M/Mars, Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance, Pillsbury, Procter & Gamble and Trans World Airlines.

Mr. McBride's practice includes all areas of intellectual property law, including preparation and prosecution of patent applications in the United States and abroad. His work focuses primarily upon biotechnology and biochemical patent preparation and prosecution, including patents directed to transgenic plants and bacteria and to novel DNA and protein sequences, chemical and pharmaceutical patent preparation and prosecution, validity/invalidity and infringement opinions, and counseling related to patentability and freedom to operate.

Mr. Keil's practice focuses on the preparation and prosecution of patent applications in the chemical, life sciences and related fields, both in the United States and abroad. His client counseling responsibilities regularly require him to render assessments regarding patentability, patent enforcement, freedom-to-operate and other intellectual property issues.  His experience includes obtaining patent protection for innovations in chemical engineering process design and control, catalysis, material separation, energy recovery, waste treatment, pharmaceutical synthesis and agricultural chemicals and methods.

Mr. Jordan's practice covers all areas of intellectual property law, with special emphasis in preparation and prosecution of patent applications in the U.S. and abroad. His work focuses primarily upon mechanical patent preparation and prosecution.

Mr. Hartley focuses his practice on litigating intellectual property disputes, including patent infringement, trademark and trade dress infringement, misappropriation of trade secrets, and breach of contract. He has successfully litigated complex patent disputes in district courts throughout the United States. Mr. Hartley also has experience litigating other types of commercial disputes in federal court, including antitrust cases.  He is registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Mr. Everding's practice includes all areas of intellectual property law. His primary emphasis is preparation and prosecution of U.S. and foreign patents relating to the mechanical arts. Mr. Everding is also involved in opinion work regarding patentability, freedom to operate, and other intellectual property issues.

Mr. Bain's practice includes all areas of intellectual property law. In addition to preparing and prosecuting U.S. and international patents in electrical, computer and related fields, Mr. Bain counsels clients on freedom-to-operate, infringement, due diligence, licensing, and other intellectual property issues.

Kathleen Petrillo's practice is devoted to intellectual property law and, more specifically, to patent related issues, including the development, management and enforcement of worldwide patent portfolios. Ms. Petrillo has extensive experience in counseling pharmaceutical, biotechnology, chemical and food science companies, including Fortune 500 companies as well as start-up and emerging growth companies, universities, and venture capital firms. She works closely with her clients to protect their commercially important products and achieve their business objectives while helping them avoid infringement of competitors' patents.  She frequently prepares opinions relating to infringement and validity of pharmaceuticals, biopharmaceuticals, vaccines, herbicide formulations and generics, and advises her clients with respect to freedom to operate involving products with multi billion dollar annual sales. Ms. Petrillo also evaluates intellectual property portfolios in connection with venture capital and private equity financings, acquisitions and joint development initiatives by her clients. Ms. Petrillo has handled re-examination and reissue matters, and regularly works with foreign counsel in developing worldwide intellectual property protection and devising strategies for patent oppositions in foreign jurisdictions. Ms. Petrillo has also acted as in-house patent counsel for clients and has negotiated their license agreements and drafted other technology related agreements.  Ms. Petrillo represents clients including Monsanto Company, Baxter Healthcare Corporation, The Solae Company, Ilypsa, Relypsa, Allied Minds, Hemoshear, Theralogics, the University of Missouri, St. Louis University, and Washington University of St. Louis.

Dr. Millard's practice includes all areas of intellectual property law. Her work focuses primarily upon technologies in the biotechnology, biochemical, and pharmaceutical areas, and involves patent preparation and prosecution, invalidity and infringement opinions, and counseling related to patentability and freedom to operate.

Dr. Hendrickson's practice specializes in patent related issues, including the development, management, and enforcement of worldwide patent portfolios. She has experience in counseling pharmaceutical, chemical, and food science companies, including Fortune 500 companies as well as start-up companies and universities. She works closely with her clients to protect their commercially important products and to help them achieve their business goals while avoiding infringement of competitors' patents.  Before attending law school, Dr. Hendrickson taught Organic and Inorganic Chemistry at the College of the Mainland in Texas City, Texas, where she won an Excellence in Teaching Award. Prior to teaching, she worked as an analytical chemist in the agricultural products division of DuPont Company.

An experienced litigator and registered patent attorney, Richard Juang draws on a varied background spanning pharmaceuticals, life sciences, software, and emerging technologies to help clients navigate and litigate complex intellectual property issues.. As a partner in the firm’s Intellectual Property Practice Group, Richard regularly assists clients with patent, trademark, and copyright matters, as well as all types of intellectual property also handles Hatch-Watchman litigation, drawing on a bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering to translate sophisticated medical and chemical concepts into winning legal strategies. His experience includes pre-trial preparation, drafting direct examination outlines for expert witnesses, handling Markman hearings, and trial assistance.. After earning his B.S. at Washington University in St. Louis, Richard continued at the University’s Law School and earned his J.D., serving with the Global Studies Law Review and being inducted into the Order of the Barristers upon graduation. He went on to earn his L.L.M. in Intellectual Property and Technology Law. Richard earned additional experience as a legal intern with the Illinois Third Judicial Circuit, where he focused on asbestos-related matters, and as a legal intern with the United States Attorney’s Office. During law school, he also interned for the Hon. E. Richard Webber in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, where he focused on patent law, licensing, and infringement matters.

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