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William F. (Bill) Smith is now a Patent Agent with Adam R. Stephenson, LTD, now IPTechLaw. Prior to entering private practice, Bill served over thirty years at the USPTO, the last nineteen of which were as an Administrative Patent Judge at the now Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). While serving as an Administrative Patent Judge, Bill was responsible for reaching final agency decisions in interferences and on ex parte appeals involving original and reissue applications and reexamination proceedings. The cases assigned to Bill involved diverse technologies including biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, diagnostics and medical devices. While at the PTO, Bill taught at the Patent Academy, developed and presented seminars on appeal practice, appeal conferences, and claim construction to patent managers and examiners. In his practice, Bill assists clients with difficult prosecution matters including appeals, AIA Post Grant Trials and consults in patent litigations on patentability, claim construction and inequitable conduct issues. Bill has also served as a Special Master for a District Court for claim construction purposes and as a third party neutral in an interference proceeding. Bill frequently addresses bar and professional associations on appeals before the PTAB and other topics. Bill has served for seven years as Vice Chair of IPO's Patent Office Practice Committee and is the current Vice Chair of AIPLA's Patent Office Practice Committee.

Listed skills include Patents, Patentability, Prosecution, Patent Prosecution, and 6 others.