PAUL M. RIVARD
Attorney
Paul M. Rivard has extensive experience in counseling in intellectual
property matters and in preparing and prosecuting patent applications in
the chemical and pharmaceutical arts. His practice focuses on developing
and managing worldwide patent portfolios with a view toward meeting his
clients’ business objectives. Representative technologies include plastics
and polymer chemistry, molding and coating technologies, chemical
manufacturing, packaging materials, pharmaceuticals, ceramics,
composite materials, and agricultural sciences.
Paul handles all phases of patent practice before the U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office, including ex parte prosecution, reissue applications,
reexamination proceedings, as well as ex parte appeals and contested matters before the Patent Trial
and Appeal Board. Recently he successfully defended a patent owner in ex parte reexaminations that
had been requested by a patent infringement-defendant. The reexamination decisions were favorably
cited by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit when it reversed a jury verdict of invalidity in
the concurrent litigation.
Mr. Rivard also is experienced in preparing technology transfer agreements and has represented clients
in intellectual property litigation before the U.S. District Courts and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the
Federal Circuit.
Paul is active in the American Bar Association, having authored amicus curiae briefs for the ABA in
patent cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, including KSR v. Teleflex. Prior to entering private
practice, he served as a Patent Examiner in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, where he examined
applications in the chemical arts.
Paul earned a Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Catholic University in Washington, DC, and a Bachelor of
Science in chemical engineering from Clarkson University in Potsdam, New York.
Mr. Rivard practices in the Washington, DC office of Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
Office
1100 13th Street, NW
Suite 1200
Washington, DC 20005-4051
T (202) 824-3000
F (202) 824-3001
[email protected]
Education
B.S. 1992, Clarkson University
J.D. 1998, Catholic University
Bar Admissions
1998, Virginia
1999, District of Columbia
Court Admissions
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal
Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth
Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Practice Areas
Counseling, Opinions & Licensing
Patent Interferences
Patent Prosecution
Industries
Chemistry & Chemical Engineering
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