Patent Lawyers Club of Washington 
www.PatentLawyersClub.com
Officers 2009-2010
President Eric Wright Stites & Harbison
Vice President Ralph Webb Stein McEwen LLP
Treasurer Rhonda Barton Black & Decker
Secretary Gautam Sain Roylance, Abrams
Membership Andrew Freistein Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack

The Patent Lawyers Club of Washington is always seeking new members who are lawyers and who enjoy interacting with others involved in the protection of intellectual property, including private practitioners, judges, examiners, professors, students, and PTO, justice department, and elected officials. If interested, please fill out and send in the Application for Membership which is a Word document at the link below. We look forward to seeing you at our next event.

 Click here for the Application for Membership form in Word.

 Click here for Annual Dues Payment form in Word.

Click here for more information about the Patent Lawyers Club of Washington in Word.

Click here for original Patent Lawyer's Club Constitution adopted Sept 24, 1935 in PDF

Click here for the 50th Anniversary Celebration (1935-1985: former presidents, all
  active members & 4 pages of club history) in PDF

Celebrating Our 75th Year

      

 

 

Events 2009-2010

For the photos taken at the dinner, click on the thumbnails to see a larger version.  
Date Speaker  Topic
September 17, 2009   Golfing Event Click here for photos
 Click here for meeting announcement in pdf

 
November 19, 2009   Robert L. Stoll
  Commissioner for Patents

  Robert Stoll made an oral presentation
  based on this Power Point in PDF
  6 slides 117K

 USPTO - Vision and Outlook

Click here for photos

Click here for new members elected

Click here for meeting announcement in pdf


January 26, 2010   Dr. Gauri Prakash-Canjels

  

  Power Point slides will be here

 Patent Licensing and Standard-Setting Organizations Relating to Anti-trust

Click here for photos

Click here for new members elected
March 23, 2010   Big Thaw Happy Hour

Click here for meeting announcement in pdf


March 31, 2010   Robert W Bahr
  Acting Associate Commissioner for
  Patent Examination Policy

  Power Point slides 39 slides 564K

Accelerated Examinatiion and Green Technology Petition Pilot Program

Click here for photos

Click here for new members elected

Click here for meeting announcement in pdf


May 25, 2010 75th Anniversary Past President’s Round Table Discussion

Vince DeLuca elected to Membership

Click here for photos

Click here for new members elected

Click here for meeting announcement in pdf
June 26, 2010 75th Anniversary Year Dinner Dance & Cruise Aboard the Private Yacht Elite

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Click here for photos

Click here for photos by Ralph Webb

 

                  

Events for the past ten years are here

Click on the last names that are underlined and see their web page at work

PR06-07 means President from summer 06 through spring 07

Members
Andy Aitken Aitken Law Offices
Stan Aksman Hunton & Williams
Ralph Albrecht Venable
Tom Anderson Hunton & Williams
PR07-08
Robert  Babayi Venable
Mojdeh Bahar National Institutes of Health
George  Beck Foley & Lardner
        PR03-04
Arash Behravesh Law Office of Peter G. Korytnyk
Bill Bergmann Baker & Hostetler
PR01-02
Adesh Bhargava Dykema Grossett.
Gerry Bjorge Novak Druce & Quigg
Steve Bloor U.S. Army Research Lab.
Barry Bretschneider Morrison & Foerster
Hung Bui Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus
Sam Burkholder Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery
Brian  Buroker Hunton & Williams
PR00-01
Ed Cabic self - former WR Grace
Benoit Castel Young & Thompson
John  Castellano Harness, Dickey & Pierce
PR99-00
Kristina Castellano Castellano PLLC
       PR06-07
Chun-I Chiang Air Force
PR98-99
Tom Clouse National Cancer Institute
PR08-09
Ken Colton Fitch Even
Sharon Crane Bingham McCutchen
Patrick Delaney Smith, Gambrell & Russell
Vince DeLuca Novak Druce & Quigg
John  Dewhirst self - former PTO
Tom  Dickey PTO  2826
Jennifer Doak PTO 2872
Jim Dresser Antonelli
Jean Dudek
PR02-03
Kevin  Duncan Valenti, Hanley & Robinson
        PR04-05
Kevin Dunleavy Hunton & Williams
Dave D'Zurrilla Oblon
Alan Ehrlich Stein McEwen
Jim Eller Birch Stewart
Andrea Evans Andrea Hence Evans, LLC
Gary Fedorochko Banner & Witcoff
Keith Fredlake Katten Munchin Rosenman
Andrew Freistein Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack
Jim Gatto                       Pillsbury Winthrop
PR96-97
Mike Gellner PTO SPE 2832
PR89-90
Jeffery Gendzwill Katten Munchin Rosenman
Ken  Genoni Ropes Gray
George Georgellis Hunton & Williams
Matt Gill Stein, McEwen
Elliot          Goldberg Birch Stewart
John Goolkasian
Justine Gozzi Venable
Art Grimley former PTO  
Joe Hanrahan
Gary  Hausken Dept. of Justice
Jennifer Hayes Sughrue
David Hill Finnegan
George Hovanec Burns Doane
Danny Huntington Bingham McCutchen
Eric Jensen Young & Thompson
Robert Joynes National Institutes of Health
Jeff Kaminski Venable
Ron  Kananen Rader, Fishman & Grauer
Jeffery Karceski Thomas, Karceski, Raring & Teague
Tina  Katcheves Saul Ewing LLP
Sharon Kennedy Kennedy Law Office, LLC
Ed  Kondracki Miles & Stockbridge
Richard Kim US Army
Jennifer King Patton Boggs
Bob Koch Milbank
Mark  Konieczny R. E. Bushnell
Peter Korytnyk Law Office of Peter G. Korytnyk
Larry  Laubscher, Jr.  Law Office of Lawrence E. Laubscher, Jr.
PR93-94
Larry Laubscher, Sr. Laubscher Law Office
PR63-64
Jim  Laughlin
Dick  Lazarus Barnes & Thornburg
Roland Long Young & Thompson
John Luce
Tom Lynch self - former PTO
Susan  Mack Sughrue
Clif McCann Venable 
Liam McDowell Young & Thompson
Michael McManus McKool Smith
Tom Maser Law Office Larry Laubscher Jr.
Ken Meyers Finnegan
PR80-81
Bill Millen Millen & White
Tom Moore Bacon & Thomas
Bob Mukai Burns Doane
PR87-88
Gary Nath Nath & Associates
Stephan Palan Burns Doane
Andrew Patch Young & Thompson
Vinit Patel PTO 1764
Matteo Pedini Stanzione & Kim
Tom Perkins Young & Thompson
Marvin Petry Stites & Harbison
Joe Piccolo PTO Solicitors Office 
PR97-98
Harris Pitlick Oblon 
Mike Piziali Young & Thompson
Paul Pyla Birch Stewart
John Raubitschek US Army
Adam Rehm Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal
Annette Reimers Dept. of Energy
Andrew  Reish David, Brody & Donershine
PR95-96
Scott Richardson Burns Doane
Laura Robinson Finnegan
Agnes Rooke NIH/NIAID
Richard Ruzich Dept. of Justice
Jeff Sanok Evenson, McKeown,
Ankur Shah Foley & Lardner
Mike Shea Nixon & Vanderhyde
Jasbir Singh  Winston & Strawn
Jim  Slattery Birch Stewart
PR85-86
Bill Smith PTO BPAI
Matthew S. Smith PTO SPE 2825
George  Spencer Dennison, Schultz & MacDonald
Melissa Stalder PTO 1793
Norman Stepno Burns Doane
Henry Tarring self - former PTO
Rodger Tate Hunton & Williams
Russ Travers Travers Law Firm
Howard Troffkin self - former WR Grace
Arnold  Turk Greenblum & Bernstein
Anthony Venturino Novak Druce & Quigg
Steve Walsh PTO Solicitors Office 
Wallace Walter self
Herb Wamsley IPO
Ken  Waszkiewicz self
Collin Webb Fitzpatrick Cella
Marc Weinstein Foley & Lardner
Steve Weyer Stites & Harbison
Jeff Wolfson Haynes and Boone
Cherie Woodward PTO 1647
Brad
Wright
Banner & Witcoff           PR05-06
Marina Zalevsky Sughrue
Bruce Zotter Finnegan
 
 

Questions or corrections - please e-mail Ed Cabic 

Also, anyone without a link that would like to place a page of information here, send a note to Ed Cabic

Former Presidents 
Years
Tom Clouse  08-09
Tom Anderson  07-08
Kristina Castellano  06-07
Brad Wright     05-06 
Kevin Duncan  04-05
George Beck  03-04
Jean  Dudek  02-03
Bill  Bergmann  01-02
Brian  Buroker  00-01
John Castellano  99-00 
Chun-I Chiang  98-99
Joe  Piccolo  97-98
Jim  Gatto  96-97
Andrew Reish  95-96
Cynthia Foulke  94-95
Larry  Laubscher Jr.  93-94
Bill Wannisky  92-93
Scott Partridge  91-92
Terry  Clark  90-91
Mike  Gellner  89-90
Joe Potenza  88-89
Bob Mukai  87-88
Harris Pitlick  86-87
Jim  Slattery  85-86
Pete Gowdey  84-85
Terry  Scott  83-84
Chuck Wendel  82-83
Tony  Birch  81-82
Ken Meyers  80-81
Gerry  Bjorge  79-80
Ron  Kananen  78-79
Marv Petry  77-78
David Murphy  76-77
Bill Bullinger  75-76
Joe  Kolash  74-75
Ray Stewart  73-74
Ed Dyson  72-73
Terry Birch  71-72
Larry  Laubscher Sr.  70-71
Tom  Sarro  69-70
     
 
For all earlier years see 50th Anniversary Celebration