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Education
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Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
J.D. 2006
Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal, Articles Editor; Note: "Voting Secrets: Black Box Balloting and the Right to Vote," selected for publication; Moot Court Honor Society; Heyman/ACCA participant; Dean's Scholarship; IP Law Society; Courtroom Advocates Program; Cardozo Basketball League, President; Cardozo Soccer Club, Co-founder
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University of Michigan
B.S.E. 2001
Computer Engineering
Object-oriented C++ programming tutor; Multistage Pipeline Design Project (Computer Architecture); "Traveling Salesman Problem" research project (Algorithms)
Admissions
Michigan
United States Patent and Trademark Office
Service Areas
- Intellectual Property & Technology
- Patent Prosecution and Protection
- Intellectual Property Litigation
- Business Method Patents
- Media and Entertainment Law
Industry Experience
- Automotive & Manufacturing Facilities
- Entertainment / Leisure / Media
- Industrial / Manufacturing Facilities
- International
- Not For Profit & Professional / Trade Organizations
- Pharmaceutical / Medical Devices
- Technology / Hardware / Software
- Telecommunications
Memberships
- American Bar Association
- American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)
- International Technology Law Association (ITechLaw)
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Nicholas Trenkle is an Associate in Alexandria where he is a member of the Intellectual Property & Technology Service Group. He is a Registered U.S. Patent Attorney.
Mr. Trenkle's experience includes preparing and prosecuting U.S. patent applications, counseling clients on patent infringement, validity, freedom-to-operate, and licensing issues, collaborating with foreign counsel to achieve client-desired outcomes regarding foreign patent applications, and providing research and counseling concerning matters related to intellectual property litigation.
Recent Assignments
- System and Method for Providing a Backup/Restore Interface for Third Party HSM Clients (published as U.S. Pat. App. Pub. No. 20090043978)
- Efficient Hierarchical Storage Management of a File System with Snapshots (published as U.S. Pat. App. Pub. No. 20090043978)
- Correlation and Parallelism Aware Materialized View Recommendation for Heterogeneous, Distributed Database Systems (published as U.S. Pat. App. Pub. No. 20090177697)
Before Stites & Harbison
Prior to joining Stites & Harbison, Mr. Trenkle was an Associate for two years with Cantor Colburn LLP, where he also worked as a Law Clerk. He has also worked as a Judicial Intern for a federal district court judge and a Legal Intern for a production company and distributor of media programming.