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John
L. Knoble was introduced to the field of intellectual property as a
Patent Examiner, serving in the Examining Corps of the U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office from 1983-86. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in
Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science from Duke University and a
Juris Doctor (with high honors) from the Intellectual Property
program at the National Law Center, George Washington University.
Mr. Knoble has been involved in the successful prosecution of thousands
of patents in the United States and throughout the world.
He is also active in intellectual property litigation both at the
trial court and appellate level, having successfully obtained summary
judgment of noninfringement twice for one of his clients. He also
has significant experience in the
licensing of intellectual property and in rendering opinions on
patentability, infringement, validity and freedom to operate in a
technical area. He has performed due diligence studies for
potential corporate acquistions. He has also testified as an
expert witness in patent infringement litigation.
Since entering private practice over 20 years ago, Mr. Knoble has been
active
in protecting and enforcing intellectual property in such varied
technologies as medical and surgical tools and instrumentation,
radiology, telecommunications hardware and software, thermodynamic
systems such as refrigeration, heat pumps and humidification equipment,
mailing and addressing systems, dentistry, nuclear fuel containment and
handling, plastic thermoforming, humidification equipment, footwear,
artificial turf systems, augmented reality, image processing and
analysis, compressors, metals formulation and refining, metals casting
and processing, plastics molding, filtration and purification systems,
plasma and laser technologies, fasteners, electrical connectors,
sporting goods, looms and fabricmaking, agricultural and farming
equipment, plumbing, optics, vision testing equipment, papermaking and
processing, packaging, can and bottle making, petroleum storage and
dispensing, pet products, mining and excavation, machine tools,
waterjet cutters, automotive products, infant care products,
aeronautics, stormwater and wastewater treatment, computer software and
Internet business methods.
Mr. Knoble is also an expert in protecting consumer product
designs through strategic concurrent use of copyrights, utility
patents, design patents and trademarks. He has lectured and been
published on interrelating law, technology, and business issues.
Mr. Knoble is a member of the Bar of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
and is admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the
Federal Circuit; the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of
Pennsylvania and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
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