Professional Experience

Frank A. DeLucia, Jr., has extensive experience in patent preparation and prosecution, reexaminations and reissue proceedings in the electrical and software arts. Some of the representative arts he has worked with include computer hardware and software, optics, telecommunications, optical networks, image and digital signal processing, e-commerce, cellular and mobile telephony, flat panel displays, electrical power systems, integrated circuits, semiconductor devices and manufacturing processes, endoscopes, microwave devices, automotive engine components, laser printers and other electro-mechanical devices. Mr. DeLucia also has experience in patent interferences.

Awards and Recognition

Frank A. DeLucia is listed in Legal 500 2008 and 2009 for Patent prosecution: utility and design.

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Legal 500

Education

J.D., cum laude, Quinnipiac College School of Law, 1995 Quinnipiac College Law Review, Phi Delta Phi (legal honor fraternity)
B.E. Electrical Engineering, Boston University College of Engineering, 1989

Bar Admissions

State of New York, 2000; State of Connecticut, 1996; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, 2002; U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Professional Activities

American Bar Association; American Intellectual Property Law Association; New York Intellectual Property Law Association

Related Information

Representative Cases

Spath v Geyer
Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences 2008

Publications

Patent Specification Drafting, in Fundamentals of Patent Prosecution 2006: A Boot Camp for Claim Drafting & Amendment Writing
Practising Law Institute
August 2006

Federal Circuit Leaves Open the Question of Which Materiality Standard Should Apply in Inequitable Conduct Determinations
Corporate Counsel
October 2003

Events

Patent Drafting Considerations In Light Of Some Notable Court Interpretations Of The Written Description Requirement
16th Annual Advanced Patent Prosecution Workshop
July 2007

Recent Developments in Inter Partes Reexamination Practice
NYIPLA's 19th Annual Joint Seminar Program, Patent Practice Update
May 8, 2003

In The News

Blind Spots: Hidden Risks in Patent Portfolio Management
Counsel to Counsel
Summer 2010

Fitzpatrick Elects Three New Partners
January 1, 2004

Press Releases

Fitzpatrick Elects Three Partners
January 5, 2004