Edward Arons Email & Phone Number

Spring Valley, New York

My practice includes IP diligence, corporate IP rights management, worldwide patent portfolio development, rendering legal opinions and post-grant practice. I represent US and European medtech, top international pharma, and top Asian (China, Japan) industrial technology and electronics concerns.I channel your complex R&D into IP assets, guide you through the IP landscape as you grow your company or new product, and help you manage risks along the way.Representative technology areas include:AUTOMOTIVE• Automobile data network architecture and integration• Collision detection systems• Hybrid vehicle drive trains and power management• Recreational vehicle power and mechanical systemsCONSUMER PRODUCTS• Home furnishing• Retail shrink-prevention• Industrial safety and hygiene equipmentCARDIOVASCULAR• Transcatheter heart valve delivery• RF tissue ablation• Optical tissue ablation• Left atrial appendage closure• PFO closureMATERIALS• Sintered anisotropic rare earth magnets• Electrochromic materials• Automotive alloys• Lithographic alloysOIL/ENERGY• Oil well fluid recovery• Wind turbines• Stack-scrubber technology• Robotic sea-floor drill-string assembly• Acoustic subsurface imaging• Heterogeneous drilling mud properties• Drilling mud recycling systems• Hydrochemical mineral refiningPHARMA AND DIAGNOSTIC• High speed analytical assay instrumentation• Antibody engineering• Microscale drug delivery• Transdermal drug delivery• Photoacoustic imagingSURGICAL• Orthopedic implants• Ocular implants• Gastrological implants• Urinary implants• Wound treatment• Laser surgery, cosmetics• NeurostimulationSOFTWARE & TELECOM• Digital health• Network control• Network error management• Optical information detection• Digital video hardware• RF channel estimation• Flash memory• Virtual reality data processing and display• Computer-assisted post-operative patient communication• Supply chain management• Information systems

New York, New York

The 2005 acquisition of Fish & Neave by Ropes & Gray provided me with an opportunity to provide IP risk analysis services to private equity investors in numerous transactions that ranged from consumer electronics to high-speed fluorescence micro-assay devices and photo-acoustic imaging in the human body.Here are some of the representative technology areas of this work:PHARMA AND DIAGNOSTIC • High speed analytical assay instrumentation• Acousto-optical imaging of in situ tumors• Excipient polymer microphysics• Patient-controlled blood chemistry analyzers• Drug regimen control apparatus• Epidermal chemistry analysisCARDIO-VASCULAR• UV blood vessel imagingENDOCRINE• Parasympathetic nerve signal control

New York, New York

At Fish & Neave, I trained, first as a patent agent, then as an associate, under some of the best patent litigators and prosecutors of the time, to integrate advanced technical concepts with strategic legal writing.Representative technologies include:SURGICAL• Gastrointestinal implants• Internal organ biopsy apparatus• Incontinence implantsPHARMA AND DIAGNOSTIC• Medical image processingCARDIO-VASCULAR• Left atrial appendage treatment• Patent foramen ovale treatment• Anastomotic vascular graftingDENTAL• Iontophoretic devicesHIGH TECH MATERIALS• Electrochromic thin films• Lithographic alloy• Internal combustion engine alloy• Liquid crystals for optical circuit switchingOIL/GAS/ENERGY• Robotic sea floor drill string assembly• Acoustic imaging for oil exploration• Drill-string instrumentation• Drilling mud with hybrid mechanical properties• Electromechanical power storage• Electromechanical power generationTELECOM• Analog power control• Location detection for 802.11 devices• Optical information detection• Biometric sensors• Consumer packaging--theft deterrent, child-proof, senior-friendly• LCD display power supplies

Cold Regions Research And Engineering Laboratory, Hanover, New Hampshire

Conducted studies of optical, diffusive and mechanical properties of porous, multi-phase materials in support of programs for satellite-based thermal/hydrological mapping and material failure (avalanche) forecasting.

Wilmington, New York

Gas- and aqueous-phase chemistry field studies at Atmospheric Sciences Research Station.

Doctor Of Law (J.D.)

Ph.D., Engineering Sciences

-Modeled heat, mass and charge transfer through heterogeneous materials using network theory (later published in International Journal.

B.A., Geology, Environmental Studies

- Performed field research and developed extensive geological history profile of contaminated aquifer in southeastern Pennsylvania.

Oceanography, Chemical And Physical