Member

Stephen J. Weyer

703-837-3908

Steve Weyer is a member of the firm’s Intellectual Property & Technology Service Group. A Registered U.S. Patent Attorney and trained as a biochemist, Mr. Weyer has diverse experience in patent prosecution, including cases involving biology, biochemistry, chemistry, pharmaceutics, life sciences, bioinformatics, laser and optics, semiconductor manufacturing, light electrical, business methods applications and industrial design protection as well as related patent matters. His current focus includes substantial design patent preparation and prosecution, both U.S. domestic and international design registration and on utility patent matters in biochemical and biotechnological arts, chemical, clean technology, computer implemented inventions, as well as intellectual property litigation and opinion work.

Bar Admissions

Indiana (inactive)

Ohio

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

U.S. Supreme Court

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Firm Leadership

Office of General Counsel, Member

Recruiting Committee, Alexandria Office, Member

Memberships

American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)

American Bar Association

Ohio State Bar Association

Virginia Biotechnology Association (VaBIO)

International Technology Law Association (ITechLaw)

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Substantive Law Intellectual Property Committee (past-Chairman); Conference Steering Committee Member

Community Involvement

So Others Might Eat (S.O.M.E.), Volunteer

University of Dayton School of Law, Program in Law and Technology, Advisory Council

University of Buffalo Ambassador Program, D.C. Region Captain

Education

J.D.,

1997

University of Dayton School of Law

Org / Honor

University of Dayton Intellectual Property Law Journal

Biebel & French Patent Law Award, 1997

VITA (Volunteer income tax assistance)

Graduated top 30%

B.A., Biochemistry,

1991

cum laude

State University of New York at Buffalo

Org / Honor

Golden Key Honor Society

Dean’s List

Before Stites & Harbison

Mr. Weyer worked as a Molecular Biology Research Assistant at the University of Buffalo where he performed laboratory techniques including DNA sequencing, restriction mapping, monoclonal and polyclonal antibody production, bacterial metabolic analysis, purifying proteins and western analysis. He also co-authored two publications: Quinn, M.L., Weyer, S.J., Lewis, L.A., Dyer, D.W., Wagner, P.M., “Insertional inactivation of the gene from the menigococcal lactoferrin binding protein,” Microb. Pathog. 17(4): 227-37, Oct. 1994; and, Wagner, P.M., Weyer, S.J. and Dyer, D.W., “Iron Uptake from Transferrin by Neisseria meningitidis,” Annual meeting, American Society for Microbiology, 1993. Mr. Weyer was also the Director of Operations and an advanced E.M.T. at Baird Point Volunteer Ambulance Corps, Inc., an Advanced Life Support Ambulance company which served the University of Buffalo community.

Mr. Weyer is the ITechLaw Intellectual Property Committee immediate past Chairman. He volunteers as a coordinator of S.O.M.E. (So Others Might Eat), a local Washington D.C. “soup kitchen” and is active in the civic projects of the University of Dayton Alumni Association, Washington, D.C., Chapter. He is the regional captain for the University of Buffalo D.C. Ambassador Program coordinating other local alumni to recruit high school students to attend the University, and he is a member of the Advisory Board in the Law and Technology Program at the University of Dayton Law School.

Mr. Weyer enjoys outdoor recreational activities including cycling, kayaking, backyard basketball and taking his energetic chocolate Labrador (“Tobie”) for runs along the Potomac River and on the George Washington Parkway bike path, as well as less “extreme” activities such as maintaining yard and landscaping around his home. He also enjoys strumming on his acoustic guitar and homebrewing.

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