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Marc Brockhaus Named Oklahoma IP Attorney of the Year
Posted Nov 8, 2011 at 13:00 pm See More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Nicholas D. Rouse, Managing Shareholder 405-607-8600 nrouse@dunlapcodding.com

OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA – November 1, 2011 – Dunlap Codding is pleased to announce that Marc A. Brockhaus has been named the Oklahoma Intellectual Property Attorney of the Year by Corporate INTL magazine.
 
Marc A. Brockhaus practices in the areas of intellectual property, technology, computer and patent law and is involved in counseling, transactions, litigation and prosecution before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Marc is among Oklahoma’s top practitioners for intellectual property law, according to the rigorously researched Chambers USA:  America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. He was also selected by attorney peers for inclusion in Oklahoma Super Lawyers–Rising Stars Edition 2008.
 
Marc has prosecuted patent applications in the United States and abroad in the electrical, software and mechanical arts including telephony equipment, semiconductor design and fabrication, computers, computer networking, digital cameras, electronic test equipment, web guiding equipment, firearm safety equipment, protective vests, explosive detection equipment, optics and optical equipment, software programs and business methods.
 
Marc has also been involved extensively in patent-related litigation and licensing efforts involving the enforcement of intellectual property rights.
 
Marc has been an adjunct faculty member at the University of Oklahoma College of Law and received his J.D. and his Masters of Business Administration from the University of Oklahoma in 1997, where he was inducted into Beta Gamma Sigma.  He received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Oklahoma in 1993.
 
Dunlap Codding P.C. is an Oklahoma City-based law firm serving regional, national and international clients.  Established in 1957 as Oklahoma’s original intellectual property firm, Dunlap Codding remains the state’s largest and most versatile IP boutique.  Dunlap Codding represents a substantial number of sophisticated client companies, and for the past 50 years has obtained more patents, trademarks and copyrights than any other firm in the region.

Barbara Krebs Yuill, Ph.D., Named An Oklahoma Rising Star 2011
Posted Nov 8, 2011 at 12:17 pm See More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Nicholas D. Rouse, Managing Shareholder 405-607-8600 nrouse@dunlapcodding.com

OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA – November 1, 2011 – Dunlap Codding is pleased to announce that Barbara Krebs Yuill, Ph.D., has been named to the Oklahoma Rising Stars list as one of the top attorneys in Oklahoma for 2011.  She was also named to the list in 2010.  No more than 2.5 percent of the lawyers in the state are selected to the list.  Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.  The annual selections are made using a rigorous multi-phased process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation of candidates, and peer reviews by practice area.

Barb practices in the areas of patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secret law.  She counsels clients in all aspects of intellectual property including patent drafting and prosecution, preparation of patent infringement and patent validity opinions; trademark clearance and registration; license preparation and negotiation; and copyright infringement defense and negotiation.

Barb has prepared patent applications in the areas of nanoparticle manufacture, treatment and use; chemical processing; metallurgical and ceramic materials and manufacture; oil field chemicals and drilling methods; environmental remediation technologies; and mechanical devices for the medical, veterinary and sporting goods industries.

Prior to becoming a patent attorney, Barb was employed by Atlantic Richfield (ARCO) as a research engineer where she was co-inventor of U.S. Patent No. 4,579,589 “Process For The Recovery Of Precious Metals From A Roaster Calcine Leach Residue”; U.S. Patent No. 4,752,332 “Treating Manganese Containing Ores With A Metal Sulfide”; U.S. Patent No. 4,740,243 “Metal Value Recovery From Metal Sulfide Containing Ores”; and Canadian Patent No. 1,258,181 “Process For Producing Enriched Mineral Ore Concentrates.”

Dunlap Codding P.C. is an Oklahoma City-based law firm serving regional, national and international clients.  Established in 1957 as Oklahoma’s original intellectual property firm, Dunlap Codding remains the state’s largest and most versatile IP boutique.  Dunlap Codding represents a substantial number of sophisticated client companies, and for the past 50 years has obtained more patents, trademarks and copyrights than any other firm in the region.

Dunlap Codding Adds Three New Associates
Posted Nov 8, 2011 at 12:14 pm See More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Nicholas D. Rouse, Managing Shareholder 405-607-8600 nrouse@dunlapcodding.com

OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA – November 1, 2011 – Dunlap Codding is pleased to announce the addition of three new associate attorneys in 2011, Michelle L. Briggs, Ann M. Robl and Timothy J. Singleton.

Michelle Briggs’ practice focuses on trademarks, copyrights, entertainment and Internet law as well as licensing, transactional, and litigation matters.  She graduated from the Oklahoma City University School of Law where she ranked in the top 20% of her class.   During law school, Michelle served as the Vice President of the Intellectual Property Student Association and was a member of Phi Delta Phi, a member and treasurer of OCU merit scholars, and a student member of the Holloway Inn of Court.  She was on the Dean’s List from 2009 to 2011, and on the Faculty Honor Roll in 2011.
Michelle received her B.A. in Corporate Communications and Public Affairs in 2005 from Southern Methodist University.

Ann Robl concentrates her intellectual property practice in the areas of patents, patentability analysis, prior art search, licensing and prosecution.  She graduated with distinction from the University of Oklahoma College of Law in May 2011, where she was inducted into the national Order of Barristers as one of ten graduating students recognized for outstanding performance in oral advocacy and support of oral advocacy programs.  Ann was a member of the Oklahoma Journal of Law and Technology editorial staff and was named Best Note Editor of the publication in 2011.  She was on the Dean’s Honor Roll from 2008 to 2011, and received an Academic Achievement Award for Legal Research & Writing in 2009.  In 2009, she was a member of the Calvert Moot Court Elite Eight Teams and a Top Ten Individual Speaker.  In law school, Ann also competed in moot court and client counseling competitions, and was twice named a competition Top Ten Best Speaker.  From 2008 to 2011, she was the recipient of the William T. Comfort Scholarship.  Ann received her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Villanova University, where she graduated, cum laude, in 1995.
Tim Singleton practices in the areas of intellectual property, licensing and patent law.  He is involved in counseling and transactional work involving all aspects of intellectual property. He received his J.D. for the University of Tulsa College of Law in 2010, where he was a member of Phi Delta Phi and was inducted into the national Order of Barristers.  He received his B.A., cum laude, from the University of Oklahoma in 2004.  While a student at the University of Tulsa College of Law, Tim was inducted into Phi Delta Phi.  During law school, he served as the editor of the Tulsa Journal of Comparative and International Law and of the Tulsa Law Review. He received the CALI Award for Excellence:  Electronic Discovery, May 2010, the CALI Award for Excellence:  Foreign Relations, May 2009, and was awarded 1st place in the Criminal Law Trial Advocacy Competition, in 2006, 2007, and 2009.

Tim served as an intern with the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Oklahoma and a judicial intern for Justice Marian Opala, Oklahoma Supreme Court.  He also received an M.S. in Computer Science in 2010 from the University of Tulsa, and a B.A., cum laude, from the University of Oklahoma in 2004.

Dunlap Codding P.C. is an Oklahoma City-based law firm serving regional, national and international clients.  Established in 1957 as Oklahoma’s original intellectual property firm, Dunlap Codding remains the state’s largest and most versatile IP boutique.  Dunlap Codding represents a substantial number of sophisticated client companies, and for the past 50 years has obtained more patents, trademarks and copyrights than any other firm in the region.

Attorney Laura Robinson Rejoins Dunlap Codding
Posted Nov 8, 2011 at 12:11 pm See More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Nicholas D. Rouse, Managing Shareholder 405-607-8600 nrouse@dunlapcodding.com

OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA – September 29, 2011 – Dunlap Codding is pleased to announce that Laura Robinson has rejoined the firm as an associate representing clients in intellectual property issues including patent, copyright, trade secret and trademark matters.  Her practice also includes the review and evaluation of business practices to ensure compliance with FDA regulations and procedures.  Prior to rejoining Dunlap Codding, Robinson served as in house patent counsel for Molecular Imprints, a nanotechnology company, from September 2008 until January 2011, where she was responsible for the company’s entire patent portfolio, drafting patents and overseeing the work of outside counsel.  Nick Rouse, the firm’s Managing Shareholder, said, “Laura was a standout attorney when she practiced at the firm previously, and her experiences as an in-house patent counsel will only serve to make her more valuable to our clients.  We’re delighted to have her rejoin us.” Robinson said, “I’m thrilled to be back at Dunlap Codding.  It’s a great place to work with really supportive, smart people.  I loved working at Molecular Imprints and the luxury of focusing on one patent portfolio; the discipline of working within a set budget was also a great experience.”

Robinson received her J.D. from Texas Tech University in 2005.  She received her M.E. in Biomedical Engineering from Texas A&M University in 2002 and her B.S. in Biomedical Science from that same university in 1999.  While in law school, Laura earned academic achievement awards in Intellectual Property, Patent Law, Anatomy of a Trial and Law Practice Technology. She also served as a legal intern in the Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr. National Program for Countermeasures to Biological and Chemical Threats Program and as a law clerk for the Texas Tech Office of Technology Transfer and Intellectual Property.

Dunlap Codding represents a number of nanotechnology companies, in addition to representing clients in the following exemplar areas:  biotechnology and life sciences, chemistry, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, energy services, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, software, and optics.  The firm’s clients comprise large research institutions, multinational manufacturers, individual inventors and companies and institutions of all sizes in between.

Established in 1957 as Oklahoma’s original intellectual property firm, Dunlap Codding remains the state’s largest and most versatile IP boutique, and for the past 50 years has obtained more patents, trademarks and copyrights than any other firm in the region.

Pictometry Wins Patent Infringement Lawsuit Filed by GeoSpan
Posted Aug 6, 2011 at 6:33 am See More

SOURCE Pictometry International Corp.

ROCHESTER, N.Y., April 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Pictometry International Corp., the leading provider of aerial oblique imagery and measuring software, announced today that the United States District Court of Minnesota has summarily declared that Pictometry’s oblique aerial image capture system does not infringe on GeoSpan’s patent.

“For Pictometry customers and the industry at large, this ruling confirms Pictometry’s integrity and innovation — the very attributes that enabled us to establish the aerial oblique industry more than a decade ago and the same attributes which have enabled us to maintain our leadership role in the geospatial industry ever since,” said Rick Hurwitz, Pictometry’s Chief Executive Officer.

According to Court documents, the Court ruled in favor of Pictometry in the patent dispute and entered a Declaratory Judgment of non-infringement on GeoSpan’s U.S. Patent no. 5,633,946, effectively ending the case. Due to the baseless nature of GeoSpan’s infringement claims, Pictometry may ask the Minnesota Court to declare the case “exceptional” and require GeoSpan to reimburse Pictometry for attorney’s fees and costs incurred in defending against such claims.

In a related matter, the United States Patent and Trademark Office granted Pictometry’s request to re-examine the GeoSpan patent to consider written materials which were not before the Patent and Trademark Office examiner when the initial examination of the patent was made. According to the Patent Office’s initial findings, there are substantial new questions of patentability that may evidence inequitable conduct on the part of GeoSpan for withholding some of these materials from the Patent Office.

“Pictometry will continue to protect its intellectual property on behalf of its customers as we create new, innovative technologies and partner with them to better serve their needs,” said Stephen Schultz, Pictometry’s Chief Technical Officer.

About Pictometry
Pictometry International Corp. is a leading provider of geo-referenced, aerial image libraries and related software. Pictometry has captured over 140 million digital aerial images which represent more than 80 percent of the United States population and all major U.S. markets. Using its proprietary imaging process, Pictometry captures geo-referenced, high-resolution orthogonal (straight down view) and oblique (captured at an angle) imagery within which structures and land features can be measured. Pictometry customizes and markets these technologies for government and commercial applications. Pictometry’s standard oblique imagery includes second order visualization tools that do not produce authoritative or definitive information (surveying). For more information, visit www.pictometry.com.

Kathryn Hester Featured in Article on Entrepreneurial Opportunities
Posted Aug 1, 2011 at 18:00 pm See More

Kathryn Hester, Ph.D., a patent agent at Dunlap Codding is featured in the April 3, 2011, issue of The Oklahoman in an article by Paula Burkes, “Entrepreneurial Opportunities Lure Aspiring Doctors, Chemists from Research to Startups.”

Kathryn used her doctorate in biochemistry and microbiology to become a patent agent, after passing the patent bar exam. She said, “to correctly write patent applications, you need to understand the invention to be able to critique and analyze it.” Hester meets with inventors, writes applications and reviews invention disclosures. As she told The Oklahoman, the process of obtaining a patent application involves the preparation and submission of a patent application to the Patent Office, followed by “prosecution” of the application. Prosecution essentially involves arguing back and forth with the Patent Office on why the applicant believes the invention is novel and non-obvious (i.e., involves an inventive step) over what’s previously been published, patented or otherwise disclosed. Typically the biggest hurdle in obtaining a patent is arguing the non-obviousness of the inventive concept, as it can be very subjective.

The article profiles other inventors and scientists, including Dunlap Codding clients, who have started companies or otherwise used their degrees outside the realm of research and academia.

Chambers USA Ranks Dunlap Codding in Top Band for IP Firms in Oklahoma
Posted Jun 1, 2011 at 18:00 pm See More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Nicholas D. Rouse, Managing Shareholder 405-607-8600 nrouse@dunlapcodding.com

OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA – June 10, 2011 – Dunlap Codding is pleased to be ranked in Band 1 (the top band) for intellectual property by Chambers USA:  America’s Leading Lawyers for Business.  The publication is widely regarded as the most reliable and intensively researched of all lawyer rating directories.  Chambers USA began ranking Oklahoma Intellectual Property firms in 2010, and Dunlap Codding was a top-ranked firm in the inaugural coverage of the state’s intellectual property practitioners, and is ranked in Band 1 for 2011.  Additionally, each of the firm’s shareholders is listed among the selected top intellectual property lawyers in the state.  Sources quoted in the publication said about the firm, “The team at Dunlap is great to work with.  The attorneys are extremely thorough, and always come through with the results we need.”  Chambers describes the firm as a “well-established IP boutique [which] carries out work across the country….The firm regularly represents national and international clients such as Siemens, DuPont and Pictometry in a range of matters from patent development and portfolio management to patent prosecution and IP litigation.”

Dunlap Codding P.C. is an Oklahoma City-based law firm serving regional, national and international clients.  Established in 1957 as Oklahoma’s original intellectual property firm, Dunlap Codding remains the state’s largest and most versatile IP boutique.  Dunlap Codding represents a substantial number of sophisticated client companies, and for the past 50 years has obtained more patents, trademarks and copyrights than any other firm in the region.

Oklahoma Bioscience Leaders Point the Way for the Next Generation
Posted Mar 1, 2011 at 18:00 pm See More

Dunlap Codding Patent Agent Dr. Kathryn Hester was quoted in April Wilkerson’s article in The Journal Record on March 31.  According to the article,” the beauty of the bioscience industry is that a person can move from pipettes to patents if stagnation sets in.”

Dr. Hester is quoted on the path she took to protect innovations.  ”My path has been pretty straightforward with a crook in it.  I went straight from the Ph.D. to work for the law firm.  I knew when I was doing my graduate work that I didn’t want to stay in a lab for the rest of my life,  but I wasn’t sure exactly where I wanted to go.  Patent law is an interesting area of the law in that it does not require a law degree to practice it.  It actually requires a technical degree because you need to be able to understand what the inventions are and to be able to critically analyze them and to write patents correctly.”
The article continues, profiling other University of Oklahoma graduates and scientists.

Oklahoma Super Lawyers Selects Dunlap Codding Attorneys for Inclusion
Posted Oct 1, 2010 at 18:00 pm See More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Nicholas D. Rouse, Managing Shareholder 405-607-8600 nrouse@dunlapcodding.com OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA – October 26, 2010

Oklahoma Super Lawyers Recognizes Dunlap Codding Attorneys as Rising Stars for 2010

Dunlap Codding, P.C. is pleased to announce that the following lawyers were selected by attorney peers for inclusion in Oklahoma Super Lawyers—Rising Stars Edition (2010):  Emily E. Campbell, D. Ward Hobson, Barbara Krebs Yuill. 

Campbell, Hobson, and Yuill join fellow Dunlap Codding attorneys selected for inclusion in Oklahoma Super Lawyers—Rising Star Edition (2008):  Marc A. Brockhaus and Douglas J. Sorocco.

Dunlap Codding’s R. Trent Pipes was selected by attorney peers for inclusion in Oklahoma Super Lawyers (2008).

Dunlap Codding P.C. is an Oklahoma City-based law firm serving regional, national and international clients.  Established in 1957 as Oklahoma’s original intellectual property firm, Dunlap Codding remains the state’s largest and most versatile IP boutique.  Dunlap Codding represents a substantial number of sophisticated client companies, and for the past 50 years has obtained more patents, trademarks and copyrights than any other firm in the region.

Scholarship Allows Oriana Hawkins to Attend BIO
Posted Jun 1, 2010 at 18:00 pm See More

Dunlap Codding Sponsors Graduate Student at BIO—
Oriana Hawkins Receives Oklahoma BioScience Travel Award

Dunlap Codding is a pleased to be once again a contributor to the Oklahoma BioScience Travel Award presented at the Graduate Research Education and Technology Symposium.  The 2010 award has been given to Ph.D. candidate Oriana Hawkins.  She is a student in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Oklahoma, mentored by Dr. William Hildebrand.

Dr. Hildebrand’s lab works to understand how the body’s alarm system, HLA, alerts the immune system to diseases such as cancer, HIV, and West Nile Virus.   Hawkins has focused her energies on identifying new targets for breast cancer. The long term goal of her project is to develop T cell eliciting vaccines and antibody therapeutics to treat breast cancer. She is co-inventor on three patent applications related to her research; the applications were prepared and filed by Dunlap Codding.

Ms. Hawkins was selected to receive the Oklahoma Bioscience Travel Award for her presentation, “Targeting of Breast Tumors by an HLA A*0201/MIF Specific Antibody.”  The award is part of the Graduate Research Education and Technology Symposium held annually at OUHSC. The award provided funds for travel expenses and registration fees to attend the BIO International Conference held in Chicago in 2010. BIO is the world’s largest annual event for the biotechnology industry.

While at BIO, Ms. Hawkins learned the business of bringing new therapeutic agents from discovery, to clinical trials, through FDA approval and, finally, to market. She made contacts within three large pharmaceutical companies which could significantly propel the development of her discoveries toward new cancer therapies.

“The opportunity for Oriana to network with scientists and business investors as a graduate student was a unique and eye-opening experience,” according to Douglas Sorocco, Dunlap Codding shareholder and adjunct faculty member in the Department of Physiology at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center.  “While many students see the academic importance of their work, few have the resources necessary to network with business leaders and investors at a conference like BIO so early in their careers.  We are delighted to have made that opportunity available to Oriana and to other young scientists.”
Dunlap Codding was also a contributing sponsor of the Oklahoma booth at BIO, and a delegation from the firm, led by Dr. Kathryn Hester, helped to staff the booth in Chicago.  The firm is a charter member of the Oklahoma Bioscience Association and supports the efforts of private and public sectors to grow the bioscience industry in Oklahoma. 

Dunlap Codding P.C. is an Oklahoma City-based law firm serving regional, national and international clients.  Established in 1957 as Oklahoma’s original intellectual property firm, Dunlap Codding remains the state’s largest and most versatile IP boutique.  The firm serves a national and international client base and offer personalized, strategic, pragmatic and responsive legal counsel in a broad array of intellectual property practice areas.  Dunlap Codding represents a substantial number of sophisticated client companies, and for the past 50 years has obtained more patents, trademarks and copyrights than any other firm in the region.

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We like to say that the space is a “home for creatives and innovators, home builders and the homeless, celebrators and the celebrated” so people understand that we are inclusive and want everyone from throughout our community using our space.

Our goal is to celebrate the incredible diversity of creativity, innovation, and passion within Oklahoma City and to provide a venue—free of charge—to those groups and individuals working to bind us all together and make our home a cooler and better place. No strings attached—no extensive rules to follow. We simply ask that all of our neighbors be honored and that all viewpoints be respected. Our criteria for use is simple: If the event, group, or meeting is something which strengthens our community and brings us all together, the space is available for use.

The space has hosted everything from charitable fundraisers to an underground nightclub party to celebrate Canterbury Choral Society’s 45th anniversary season. We host dinners for the OKC homeless population most Monday evenings where upwards of 250 people are served—we provide the space and soft drinks and a local church provides the food. We’ve hosted university planning retreats and monthly local rock concerts.

Every Wednesday, we open up the courtyard for lunch, invite a local food truck to set up outside our gates, and welcome our downtown neighbors into the space for a bit of socialization.

Our never-ending soda fountain seems to be the biggest hit with some of our neighbors while others spend time playing pool or simply chatting about what is happening on the weekend.

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