Lynda Leigh Calderone

Lynda L. Calderone has extensive experience in the preparation and prosecution of U.S. patent applications as well as intellectual property litigation, including patent and trademark litigation, mediation and dispute resolution.  A founding shareholder and member of the Intellectual Property Department at Flaster Greenberg, Ms. Calderone serves a wide range of clients in U.S. and foreign patent prosecution, appeals before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, U.S. reexamination and related PTO proceedings, and foreign opposition practice. Ms. Calderone also manages clients’ patent and trademark portfolios.

Ms. Calderone concentrates her practice in the chemical, chemical engineering, mechanical and business method areas. Her primary technical areas of patent practice include chemical process technology; petrochemicals; catalysis; polymers; reinforced polymer composites; polymer fillers and polymer composite wear systems; elastomer chemistry; medical devices; drug delivery systems; controlled and sustained release polymer mechanisms; hydrogels; nanotechnology; fiber optics; metals and alloys; thermal gas recovery processes; semiconductor-related technologies; optical coatings; cosmetic and healthcare formulations; pharmaceutical processing; business methods; fuel cells and manufacturing products including sanitaryware, home fixtures and building materials. 

Ms. Calderone has experience in patent due diligence; various IP related agreements, including licenses; and patentability, validity, infringement and unenforceability analyses. She counsels inventors and businesses in portfolio management and development of patent strategies, including conducting IP audits. Between 2001 and 2011, Ms. Calderone served as a Certified Mediator for the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

A seasoned intellectual property litigator with trial experience, Ms. Calderone has successfully litigated intellectual property cases as well as prepared and prosecuted U.S. patent applications. She is also a court-appointed mediator for the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.

An avid and popular speaker, especially at educational forums for students, in 2009 Ms. Calderone participated in Rutgers University’s 22nd Annual Guest Professor Program, where she presented a lecture on general intellectual property law and its impact on business decisions, to the undergraduate business law students. She also was the invited speaker who addressed students of the Technology Management graduate program at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey, where she presented a lecture about how intellectual property can affect the life cycle of technology development.