Patrick J. Birde

Patrick J. Birde

Patrick J. Birde is the Chair of Kenyon’s Life Science/Chemical Patent Prosecution Practice Group. With a career in intellectual property law which spans more than thirty years, Mr. Birde has extensive experience handling all aspects of US patent law. He regularly works in collaboration with scientists and business executives to create, develop and defend strategic patent portfolios across a variety of industries. Clients rely on Mr. Birde’s expertise, which is recognized by the International Who’s Who and Intellectual Asset Management, to help protect their most important commercial products in the US and abroad.

Mr. Birde focuses on strategic portfolio development and patent disputes involving commercially significant patents, including reexaminations, reissues, and interferences, as well as foreign opposition and invalidity proceedings in Europe, Japan and South Korea. He has many years of experience preparing and prosecuting patent applications, primarily in the chemical arts; preparing validity, infringement and freedom-to-operate opinions; and handling licensing and due diligence reviews in the context of mergers and acquisitions. Having spent about eight years practicing US patent law in Germany, Mr. Birde has extensive experience with foreign patent practice, particularly in the European Patent Office.

Mr. Birde has a wide range of technical experience with products and processes relating to, for example, peptide synthesis; catheters for non-invasive surgical techniques such as angioplasty, angiography and tissue ablation; photographic chemicals; battery chemistry; petroleum refinement; soaps and detergents; dental compositions; electrically conductive polymers; cooking oil recovery; plastic packaging; bioabsorbable polymers; fluorocarbon propellants; metal oxide catalysts organic light emitting diodes (OLEDS); and steel making. Prior to entering law, Mr. Birde worked as a research and development chemist for a photographic chemical company.

Mr. Birde served on the editorial board of Patent World magazine for many years and has written several articles and monographs on intellectual property topics, including: 35 U.S.C. § 154(d) Grants Patent Applicants Provisional Rights in Their Published Patent Applications, Intellectual Property Strategist, (September 2003), United States Patent Claim Interpretation After Markman, Patent World, Issue 83 (June/July 1996), 1995: Developments in United States Patent Law, Patent World, Issue 79 (February 1996), Some Significant Changes in US Patent Office Practice October 1992-November 1993, Patent World, Issue 60 (March 1994), Stronger US Patents: Complying with Revised Information Disclosure Requirements, Patent World, Issue 51 (April 1993) and A United States Patent Law Primer, Patent Yearbook, 1993, Managing Intellectual Property, Euromoney Publications, plc (1993).