James K. Folker


EXPERIENCE

  • Patent Examiner - U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
  • Patent prosecution
  • Patent Litigation
  • Opinions on patent infringement, validity, and enforceability issues
  • Project engineer with a manufacturer of consumer products
  • Author: A Legislative Proposal to Clarify and Simplify Patent Infringement Analysis under the Doctrine of Equivalents, The Federal Circuit Bar Journal, Fall 1996.

BAR MEMBERSHIPS

  • U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
  • Supreme Court of the State of Illinois
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

TECHNICAL FIELDS

  • Computer Devices
  • Electric Shavers and Hair Trimmers
  • Fasteners
  • High Temperature Kilns
  • Liquid Crystal Display Devices
  • Magnetic Disk Drives
  • Medical Valves
  • Optical Disk Drives
  • Orthopedic Implants
  • Plasma Screen Display Devices
  • Power Tools
  • Railroad Maintenance
  • Surgical Tools
  • Thermoform Packaging
  • Water Purification Equipment
  • Wireless Communications Equipment






EDUCATION

  • B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Rutgers University, 1987
  • J.D., with Honors, Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology, 1996
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