Gerald H. Bjorge has forty-five years of experience in patent and trademark law. Since entering private practice in 1986, Mr. Bjorge has prosecuted patent applications, as well as counseled corporate clients and law firms in patent prosecution and patent litigation. He also has served as an expert witness in approximately 100 patent infringement suits, particularly chemical, pharmaceutical, and biotech cases.
Mr. Bjorge has worked for the US government as a patent examiner, technical advisor to Chief Judge Eugene Worley of the Court of Customs and Patent Appeals (CCPA), law examiner/associate solicitor in the Office of the Solicitor of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO), and as an Examiner-in-Chief for the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences. Mr. Bjorge also served as Founding Editor of The Federal Circuit Bar Journal and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society.Highlights
In re Chakrabarty
Diamond v. Chakrabarty, 447 US 303 (1980)
Practice Areas
Admissions
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Education
- The George Washington University Law School, J.D.
- Princeton University, M.S.Chemical Engineering
- Northwestern University, B.S.Chemical Engineering
Professional Affiliations
- American Intellectual Property Law Association
- Association of Former Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Law Clerks and Technical Advisors
- D.C. Bar Association - Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Advisors
- Federal Circuit Bar Association
- Patent and Trademark Office Society
- Patent Lawyers Club of Washington
- Board of Governors