Professional & Tactical Consulting for Your IP
Secure your intellectual property with Technology Business Strategies for Intellectual Property's legal guidance.
JOHN H. FARO, ESQ.
I am a registered patent attorney with experience in sophisticated patent practice (both patent solicitation & contested matters), involving diverse complex technologies; and, experience in Federal Court (in intellectual property disputes, product liability and related commercial litigation).
Scope of Representation
My current practice focus is in the representation of clients (in the U.S. and internationally), in the preparation of patent applications, patent application examination and patent appeals. I am also experienced in the representation of clients in Reexamination proceedings, and in contested matters Inter Partes Review, before the Patent Office.
During my practice as a corporate attorney, and in private practice, I have authored numerous opinions (infringement & validity), that have been disruptive of entrenched commercial technologies, in photocopier (reprographic) systems, immunodiagnostics and clinical chemistry test kits/protocols for analysis of biologic specimens.
My practice has also included the representation of clients in litigation, involving the public sector, (against Florida FDOT and FDOT contractors), for patent infringement of my clients’ semi-automated systems for fabrication of highway structures (slip forming concrete highway barriers and sound walls).
I am available for a permanent or part-time relationship, or as an independent contractor, for intellectual property counseling, requiring tactical, technical and legal competence. I have represented clients throughout the U. S.; and, have provided litigation support to corporate and trial counsel in the full range of intellectual property disputes. My active/direct involvement in litigation (trial) practice requires my association with co-counsel.
Background & Experience
My work experience includes my employment as a corporate patent counsel, and as a litigation counsel, in the Federal Courts.
My most recent corporate employment was for a five (5) year period, as the Divisional Patent Counsel for Baxter Laboratories, Diagnostics Products Division, in Miami, and, for the Clinical Chemistry instrument Division, in Costa Mesa. While I served as a Baxter Laboratories Divisional Counsel, I was also responsible for providing intellectual property services to another of the Baxter Laboratories’ divisions, American Cystoscope Manufacturer, in Stamford, Connecticut. I have been in private practice since my leaving Baxter Laboratories in 1986.
When I entered private practice, in Miami, in 1986, I continued, as counsel, to Baxter Laboratories (my former employer). At that time, I assumed the representation of a number additional companies in Florida, Ohio & Massachusetts – Representative Former clients included Coulter Diagnostics (Miami), Symbiosis (Miami), Ivax (Miami), CR Bard (New Jersey), Meridian Diagnostics (Ohio), and Polaroid/Behring Diagnostics, (Cambridge, Massachusetts).
In my private practice, I have also represented highway construction contractors in obtaining and enforcement of their patent rights, in litigation against the Florida DOT and Florida DOT sub-contractors, in public contacting disputes involving (a) in situ fabrication of sound walls, and (b) in the semi-automated, continuous fabrication (slip forming) of concrete highway structures.
Education & Technical Training
Legal Education - I am a graduate of Boston University School of Law. My Law School education included courses both in intellectual property matters, and, commercial law, having intellectual property issues (trade secrets, copyrights & technology licensing), integrated in the commercial law course materials.
Technical/Scientific Education - I am a graduate of Northeastern University, BA (Biology & Chemistry), Boston, Massachusetts. While at Northeastern University (Co-Op Undergraduate Program), and, attending Boston University School of Law (Full Time), I worked as a Research Assistant (for a total of 8 years), at the Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts, in the Laboratory of Cellular Neuropathology.
Professional Licenses
U. S. Patent & Trademark Office (1970) - active
Massachusetts Bar (1969) - active
Delaware Bar (1970) - Retired Status
Ohio Bar (1971) - Lapsed, non-payment of dues
Florida (1986) - Suspended, 2022 (imposition of reciprocal discipline, being contested)
Interests
I am a licensed private pilot (Cessna 172), sailor (Hunter Passage 42), cyclist (Trek Mountain bike) and photographer (formerly dark room technician). Prudence, and my daughter, (a lawyer), have dictated that I confine my present physical activities to the gym and to my E-Trike.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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A utility patent is granted to an inventor for a new and useful process, machine, article of manufacture, or composition of matter. A design patent, on the other hand, is granted for a new, original, and ornamental design for an article of manufacture.
A provisional patent application is a type of patent application that allows an inventor to secure a priority date for their invention while they work on finalizing their patent application.
Yes, you can file a patent application on your own. However, it is recommended that you work with a patent attorney to ensure that your application is complete and properly drafted.
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