REPRESENTATIVE PATENT AND TRADEMARK PROSECUTION EXPERIENCE

Mr. Wietrzny has represented a wide variety of clients, including Fortune 100 and 500 companies, universities, small to midsize businesses and individual inventors. Selected representations include:

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■ Representing a company at the cutting-edge of fuel control for ignition and sustained combustion of jet and rocket engines, including fuel control valves used in NASA’s scramjet powered X-43A “Hyper-X” vehicle to set an air speed record for air-breathing vehicles.
 

■ Representing a venerable name in the agriculture industry to secure utility and design patent rights in various work vehicle and implement platforms, engines and sub-systems, including state-of-the-art transmission assemblies, emission control systems, crop and forage harvesting machines, as well as managing the prosecution of the associated portfolio of patents. This representation also includes counseling on and patenting innovative aspects of various construction and forestry machine platforms and implements as well as associated machine control and fleet management technology.
 

■ Representing a global retailer of outdoor and sporting gear to secure utility and design patent rights, including protecting realistic wing-flap water fowling decoy technology.

■ Representing a well-known office furniture innovator to secure design rights in various business furniture and office accessories, including pioneering collaborative workspaces and workstations. 
 

■ Representing a domestic producer of commercial and residential refrigeration and cooling appliances, including high-end beverage centers, clear ice makers and undercabinet cooling drawers.
 

■ Representing a leading manufacturer of surface ionization equipment, including corona and plasma treaters and stations for the surface treatment of web film and three-dimensional objects. This representation also includes securing domestic and foreign patent rights for the company’s induction sealing equipment, including advanced high-speed tamper-evident cap sealers.
 

■ Representing a global market leader in the plumbing industry to protect the bold look of a wide range of fittings and fixtures, including a state-of-the-art soaking tub with innovative hydrotherapy and chromotherapy features and an articulating kitchen faucet winning IDEA® acclaim.
 

■ Representing a paper pulp processing manufacturer to secure patent rights and defend its market position in the pulp screening space.
 

■ Preparing, filing and prosecuting over 1,000 priority design applications within a broad spectrum of industries, including graphical user interfaces and numerous other articles of manufacture.
 

■ Securing federal and state registrations for numerous corporate names and product brandings, including for clients in the manufacturing, aerospace, utility and financial industries.

 

■ Successfully advising, defending and registering the service mark of a financial institution against a priority claim of a competitor financial institution.

 

■ Investigating, counseling and opining on a multi-platform trade dress update of off-road vehicles for a global heavy equipment manufacturer.