My goal is intellectual property procurement, management, and client counseling for the building and protection of my client’s business via individualized client service.My practice is general Intellectual Property law, with an emphasis on patent application drafting and prosecution (U.S. and foreign), patentability evaluations, and patent infringement, validity, and due diligence investigations. My practice also includes general client counseling, including portfolio management and foreign filing strategies, and issues related to contracts and license agreements.Specialties: Focus on general mechanical devices, chemical compositions, and processing systems and methods. Specific areas of past experience include extrusion, casting, molding and other processing of polymers; extruders and dies; fluid filtration; paper technology; chemical formulating; distillation and ethanol processing; food science; medical devices and medical sensors (e.g., in vitro and in vivo analyte sensors), ceramic structures; and abrasive and grinding products and methods.