John F. Kane

Practices

• Intellectual Property
• Emerging Technologies
• Life Sciences

Professional Experience

John is counsel in the firm's Intellectual Property, Emerging Technologies and Life Sciences practice groups. He focuses his practice on all aspects of intellectual property law, including patent preparation and prosecution before the United States Patent and Trademark Office; foreign patent prosecution; re-examination practice; intellectual property licensing; intellectual property due diligence investigations; patent issues relating to Hatch-Waxman; infringement matters and patentability opinions.

Prior to joining the firm, John was employed as a project engineer at Standard Register Company, where he was involved in various technical areas. He was co-inventor on U.S. Patent No. 5,197,765, "Varying Tone Securing Documents".

John is admitted to practice in Ohio and before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Technical Experience
Adhesives, pharmaceuticals, chemistry, biotechnology, polymers, alloys, metallurgy, paper, microencapsulation, carbonless paper, inks, specialty coatings, personal care compositions, secure documents, spectrophotometry, densitometry and printing.

Education

• University of Dayton School of Law, J.D., 1998, magna cum laude, Law Review, Associate Editor
• Wright State University, B.S., 1983, Chemistry and Biology, summa cum laude

• "Effect of Numerical Ranges under Jeneric/Pentron Inc. v. Dillon Co.", Best Practices in Patent Prosecution for 2005 (CLE accredited seminar), 2004

• Selected for inclusion in Rising Stars by Ohio Super Lawyer magazine in 2007