{"id":108,"date":"2018-12-08T18:15:28","date_gmt":"2018-12-08T18:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/63.247.142.118\/?post_type=team&p=108"},"modified":"2022-08-17T12:45:57","modified_gmt":"2022-08-17T17:45:57","slug":"charles-krukiel","status":"publish","type":"team","link":"https:\/\/dunlapcodding.com\/team\/charles-krukiel\/","title":{"rendered":"Charles “Chic” Krukiel"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Charles \u201cChic\u201d Krukiel practices in the areas of intellectual property, technology licensing, and patent law and is involved in counseling and transactional work in all aspects of United States and foreign intellectual property. He is registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office<\/a>. Chic has counseled clients in all aspects of United States and foreign intellectual property matters, including acquisition and commercialization of intellectual property; portfolio management; and licensing and transactional matters. He primarily focuses his practice in the chemical and mechanical arts. Chic has negotiated complex technology licensing arrangements, and was a key participant in negotiating the separation of the INVISTA<\/a> business technologies and patent estate from DuPont in 2004. Prior to joining Dunlap Codding, Chic was Assistant General Counsel and Chief IP Counsel for INVISTA S.a r.l., the world\u2019s largest integrated fiber, resin and intermediates company that serves the apparel, interiors, intermediates, performance fibers, and polymers and resins industries in more than 30 countries. He began his technical career with DuPont<\/a> as a mechanical engineer, and has been a practicing patent attorney since 1974. During his career with DuPont, Chic\u2019s patent work covered technical fields relating to agricultural chemistry, pharmaceuticals, polymer and resin process chemistries, and electronic products. He has also participated in national and international seminars relating to protection of intellectual property and licensing.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Chic was a key participant in negotiating the separation of INVISTA technical information and corresponding patent estate from DuPont in 2004, which touched on no less than 13 of DuPont\u2019s operating business units needing access at some level to technologies and patents common to both entities. More recently, Chic has handled licensing and related transactions for clients desiring to do business in a variety of non-U.S. countries, e.g., Vietnam, Belize, Canada, and Latvia.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Chic has focused his attention on a variety of recent patent filings relating to: an improved laryngoscope & bougie for use in emergency trauma situations; a residential & commercial water leak detection system; various microcircuit materials applications; titanium dioxide process improvements; an improved highway marker with photocell; and improved illumination assemblies for medical applications, among others.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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