Patrick M. BoucherDr. Boucher's practice focuses on all aspects of providing patent protection for clients, including patent prosecution, opinions, licensing, and strategic counseling in portfolio development. He has worked with a diverse range of clients, including well-established Fortune 100 companies, start-ups in early and intermediate phases, and individual inventors. His practice emphasizes cost-effective development of patent portfolios that integrate with the strategic business objectives of clients. He has advised clients in a wide range of technical disciplines that include optics and holography, biometric recognition, acoustics and ultrasonics, semiconductor processing, magnetic materials, satellite design, biomedical devices, geophysical exploration, microelectromechanical systems, nanotechnology, Internet software, and financial business methods, and always enjoys exploring new areas of technology. Prior to becoming a patent attorney, Dr. Boucher was one of the senior professional editors of Physical Review B, the world's largest research journal devoted to condensed-matter and materials physics. He has published numerous technical papers in peer-reviewed journals, wrote a chapter on legal impacts of nanotechnology in a widely used textbook on nanotechnology for scientific graduate students, and is the author of the book Nanotechnology: Legal Aspects. He has also lectured on different aspects of patent law in different forums, discussing such issues as protection of financial business methods and the value of patent protection for academic research. He currently authors the JuriScientia™ blog at juriscientia.com where he comments on different topical aspects of the interface between law and science. Statement of Practice:Intellectual Property Law: Patent Prosecution, Opinions, Licensing, Strategic Portfolio Counseling Admitted to bar:1998, New York; 1999, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 2000, Colorado; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Education:Queen's University (B.Sc., Physics, 1985, first-class honors; Ph.D., Physics, 1989); Touro Law Center (J.D., 1998, Dean's Fellow, valedictorian) | 
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