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Overview
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80% Patent Infringement
14 years
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20% Patent Application
18 years
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Résumé
Licenses
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15 years
since Donald R. McPhail was first licensed to practice law in DC.
We have not found any instances of professional misconduct for this lawyer.
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Work Experience
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| Position |
Duration |
| Student Associate at Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP |
1992–1994
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| Patent Examiner at US Patent & Trademark Office |
1990–1992
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Education
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| Duke University |
Chemistry |
BS - Bachelor of Science |
1988 |
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Awards
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| Award Name |
Granting Organization |
Date |
| Duke North Carolina Honors Scholarship Recipient |
Duke University |
1984 |
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Portfolio
Publications
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Publication |
Date |
| The Doctrine of Equivalents |
ALI-ABA publications |
2000 |
| All or One Under the Doctrine of Equivalents |
The Sedona Conference |
2000 |
| Conducting U.S. Patent Prosecution With an Eye Towards Potential Litigation |
Patent World |
1995 |
| A Year in Review: The Federal Circuit's Patent Decisions in 1993 |
American University Law Review |
1994 |
| In re Braat: A Two Way Test for Obviousness Type Double Patenting |
George Mason University Law Review |
1992 |
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Speaking Engagements
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| Speaking Engagement Name |
Conference |
Date |
| Limitations on the Doctrine of Equivalents |
Hoffman-Alvary |
2001 |
| Limitations on the Doctrine of Equivalents |
Sedona Conference |
2000 |
| Doctrine of Equivalents |
ali-aba trial of a patent case |
2000 |
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