Henry J. Daley, Ph.D.
Henry has managed portfolios covering conductor, nanotechnology, energy production, photonics, optical device, imaging system, medical imaging, drug delivery, medical robot, and smart surgical tool patents. He performs intellectual property audits and patent-clearance studies for proposed new products, and structures approaches to help his clients enforce their patent rights and avoid infringement issues. Henry also prepares non-infringement and invalidity opinions with respect to competitors’ patents.
Henry formerly conducted research at England's Daresbury Laboratory, while using the institution's heavy-ion accelerators, synchrotron radiation sources, and supercomputer facilities. He also conducted electron and heavy-ion-scattering experiments at the University of Oxford, Yale University, University of Paris-Saclay, and University of Milan.
He was a scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's (MIT) Lincoln Laboratory, where he conducted studies funded by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). His research included technology related to a vast range of sensors and systems, including radar systems, radio frequency, infrared and optical-detection systems, avionics and signal-processing algorithms and techniques.
Henry also taught a wide range of physics courses, including advanced laboratory courses for upper-level undergraduates and first- and second-year graduate students. He was responsible for teaching advanced laboratory courses with a professor who was nominated for the Nobel Prize for the discovery of buckminsterfullerene, which played an important role in igniting interest in nanotechnology.
Earlier, as an undergraduate, he was responsible for the operation of Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s laser-physics laboratory, where he conducted experiments involving scattering laser light from dispersions of submicron spherical particles. His research also involved developing techniques to prepare dispersions of nanoparticles.
Related Practices
Experience
Representative Matters
- Developed patent portfolios for the healthcare industry, including medical imaging systems, medical simulation and treatment planning systems, a wide range of medical devices, medical robots and smart tools, and drug delivery systems
- Developed patent portfolios for "clean technology," including advances in photovoltaic technology, batteries, super capacitors, energy scavenging and recuperation technology, and energy-production systems
- Managed portfolios of several hundred active patent applications for university clients
- Conducted pre-litigation infringement analysis and design-around counseling and strategies
- Performed IP audits and negotiated IP licenses
- Served as first-chair counsel on high-stakes litigation involving physics, optics, electrical engineering, and precision electromechanical systems
- Handled cases before several federal district courts, the International Trade Commission (ITC), and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims involving lasers, photolithography systems, medical devices, optical communications systems, and avionics systems
- Advised the world's largest producer of photolithography systems
- Counseled the largest maker of endoscopes and microscopes
- Advised one of the largest camera and imaging companies
- Counseled companies and research institutions on such technologies as photonics components, optical communications systems, lasers, nanoparticles and nanomaterials, nanomachines and nanosystems, nano-electronic devices, organic semiconductor materials and devices, microfluidic devices, micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS), medical imaging systems, medical simulation and planning systems, medical robots, smart surgical tools, medical devices, and communications systems
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Credentials
Education
- J.D. Northeastern University School of Law 1996
- Ph.D. Physics University of Arizona 1984
- B.S. honors Worcester Polytechnic Institute 1978
Bar Admissions
- District of Columbia
- Massachusetts
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Professional Memberships and Activities
- Member, Association of University Technology Managers
- Former member, Intellectual Property Owners Association; Nanotechnology Committee
- Advised the Commonwealth of Virginia, through the Joint Commission on Technology and Science, 2005, 2006
- Active with the Nanotechnology Committee of the Northern Virginia Technology Council
- Works extensively with inventors at the California NanoSystems Institute
Recognition
- IAM Patent 1000, The World’s Leading Patent Practitioners, 2021 - 2022
- Nanotechnology Law and Business, Top Ten Intellectual Property Lawyers Influencing Nanotechnology, 2008
- Who’s Who in America, 2005 – 2020