Michael K. O'Neill

Partner
Michael O'Neill

Mike O’Neill has extensive experience in preparing and prosecuting patent applications, handling complex prosecution, licensing transactions, portfolio management, and counseling – particularly in the implementation of corporate systems for invention management and strategic innovation. Mike's technology focus includes the Internet, computer and software related inventions, networks and business methods, optics, semiconductors, and electronic devices. Before practicing law, he was an engineering manager at a defense contractor, where his duties included research and development of inertial guidance and weapon delivery systems.

Experience

Representative Clients

  • Bausch & Lomb
  • Canon

Insights

Credentials
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Education

  • J.D. magna cum laude New York Law School
    • Law Review Editor
  • M.S. Electrical Engineering magna cum laude Stevens Institute of Technology
  • B.S. Mathematics magna cum laude Stevens Institute of Technology

Bar Admissions

  • California
  • New York
  • U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Court Admissions

  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California
  • U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Recognition
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  • IAM Patent 1000, The World’s Leading Patent Professionals, 2012 – 2018
  • Legal 500, Patent Prosecution: Utility and Design Patents, 2010 – 2012
  • Patent Buddy, Top Patent Prosecutors, Computer, Electrical, Software, and Business Methods, National, 2011

Community
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Pro Bono

  • Appeals at the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims on behalf of veterans denied benefits by the VA