Jeffrey C. Metzcar

Practices

• Intellectual Property

Professional Experience

Jeff is a member of the firm's Intellectual Property practice group. He is a registered patent attorney and focuses on patent litigation, patent application preparation and prosecution, and patent validity and infringement studies.

Jeff is admitted to practice in Ohio, before the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Technical Experience
Electro-mechanical systems, medical devices and automotive components including tensioners, vibrational dampers and power steering systems.

Education

• Case Western Reserve University School of Law, J.D., 2000, magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, Law Review, Contributing Editor
• University of Dayton, B.S., 1997, summa cum laude

• "A Problematic Pat on the Back for the PTO: Dickinson v. Zurko" · 50 Case W. Res. 797
• "Raising the Defense of Procedural Default Sua Sponte: Who Will enforce the Great Writ of Liberty?" · 50 Case W. Res 869
• "Technical Advisors: Welcome Scientific Eduction; But at What Cost to the Patent's Notice Function?" · IP Litigator, March/April 2003

• "Pay No Attention to That Man Behind the Curtain: Using Technical Advisors in Patent Cases", 2006 Best Practices: Claim Construction and the Doctrine of Equivalents, December 2005
• "Estoppel by Claim Cancellation - Honeywell International v. Hamilton Sundstrand", Best Practices in Patent Prosecution for 2005, December 2004

• Selected as an Ohio Super Lawyer Rising Star by Ohio Super Lawyer magazine in 2010 and 2012