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| Patent Lawyer: | ERNEST H. McCOY
U.S. Patent Office Reg. No. 22,661 |
| Firm Name & Address: |
BRUCE & McCOY Telephone 510.836.2400 |
| Education: | B. S. Mechanical
Engineering, University of Michigan L.L.B. University of California, Boalt Hall, Berkeley |
| Admissions: | United States Supreme
Court Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Third and Ninth Circuit Courts of Appeal United States Patent and Trademark Office Registered Patent Lawyer State Bar of California, Reg. No. 34436 |
| Practice: | Now limited exclusively to patent application preparation and prosecution. Bruce & McCoy will refer trademark, copyright, licensing, litigation, and other IP matters. |
| Experience: |
Senior partner Bruce & McCoy
since 1970 Extensive litigation experience including lead counsel in 3 Federal Court litigations and appeals each lasting over eight years (2 patent infringement cases and 1 trademark infringement case) Hundreds of successful patent application prosecutions in the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and very few abandonments. |
| Personal Profile: | Go to profile page for a personal profile of Ernest H. McCoy who will perform the patent application preparation and patent prosecution in the USPT0. |
| Clients: | A sample of the clients represented by Bruce & McCoy can be determined by inspecting the names of the assignees designated on the patents listed in the patent examples page. Please do not contact persons or entities which have been represented by Bruce & McCoy. Please see the references page. |
| Example Patents: | Go to the example patents page which lists some of the hundreds of patents personally prosecuted to allowance by Mr. McCoy |
| References: | Please go to the references page. |
| Attorney- Client Contract: | A blank attorney-client contract is appended to the contract page and sets forth terms under which Bruce & McCoy will perform work for a client. |
| Costs & Fees: | See costs & fees page which outlines the expenses involved in patent preparation and prosecution. Also see cost estimate page for a fixed price quote for patent application preparation and filing. |
| Prior Art Searches: | Go to the searches page for procedures and costs. |
| Patent Application Procedure: | An explanation of the patent preparation and prosecution procedure is included in the procedure page. |
| Referrals: | Trademark, copyright, and trade secret matters are briefly distinguished on the intellectual property page. See also the non-disclosure agreements pages. |
| Conferences: | Initial telephone conferences can be held at a special introductory cost as set forth on the conferences page. |
| Commencing Action: | Go to action and submissions pages for an explanation of how to commence the patent application procedure. |
| Cost Estimate: | Go to cost estimate page for an explanation of the procedure to obtain a fixed price quote for the preparation and filing of a United States patent application. |
| Submissions: | Go to submissions page for the procedure to submit a disclosure for a novelty search or for patent application preparation. |
| Warranties: | Go to warranty page for a statement of conditions of confidentiality, fiscal responsibility, and guarantees for work performed. |
| Foreign Patents: | Go to foreign patents page for an explanation of the alternative procedures available for obtaining foreign patents. |
| Forms of Intellectual Property (IP): | Go to forms of intellectual property (IP) page for a brief explanation of the differences in patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secret law. |
| Non-Disclosure Agreements: | Go to non-disclosure agreements page for an explanation of NDAs and the costs and procedures for obtaining an NDA. |
| Statutory Bars: | Go to patent application procedure and foreign patents pages for an explanation of the time requirements for filing patent applications. |
| Applicant's Information Sheet: | Go to procedure and action pages, and applicant's information sheet page, for a list of the items needed by Bruce & McCoy for establishing an attorney-client relationship. |
| Copyright Notice: | See copyright notice page for the conditions attached to downloading copies from this web site. |
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