Stephen Marcus has almost 40 years experience working at the United States Patent and Trademark Office. His experience includes 11 years as a patent examiner, 10 years as a supervisory patent examiner and almost 18 years as a technology special program examiner - Interference Practice Specialist and Office of Patent Legal Administration Senior Legal Advisor. Mr. Marcus also served as an acting examiner-in-chief on USPTO Board of Appeals and had a detail to the Office of the Solicitor.
Mr. Marcus also helped write software used by USPTO examiners to generate printed PCT actions.
Publications and Speeches
Co-authored lectures on 35 U.S.C. ยง 103 and delivered the lectures for 10 years at the USPTO examiner training academy
Co-authored and delivered a presentation on reexamination practice for the Practising Law Institute
Delivered training at USPTO on PCT practice, 35 U.S.C. S 102(e) practice, 37 CFR 1.130 and 1.131 practice
Patent Law and Evidence course for GS-12/13 examiner certification
Helped revise MPEP sections on reissue practice and reexamination practice; helped revise rules governing reexamination practice.
Highlights
Experience as an Expert Witness
Testified in U.S. District Court regarding the impact that U.S. Patent and Trademark Office findings in a patent reexamination have on the issue of willful infringement of that patent.
Practice Areas
Admissions
- Virginia
- District of Columbia
- Registered Patent Attorney
Education
- University of Baltimore School of Law, J.D. magna cum laude
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, B.S. Management Science