Richard A. Machonkin
Richard A. Machonkin has had broad exposure to many facets of intellectual property law. He has litigated patent and trademark cases in federal courts and before the International Trade Commission and the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. Mr. Machonkin has also prepared and prosecuted patent applications in a variety of technologies and has rendered opinions regarding the patentability of inventions and the noninfringement and invalidity of issued U.S. patents.
education
J.D., Harvard Law School, Cum Laude
Harvard Journal of Law and Technology
- Member
M.S., Cornell University, Physics
Postgraduate Research: Experimental surface science, designing, building, applying, and maintaining a variety of ultra-high vacuum and cryogenic apparatus and related electronic instrumentation
B.S., University of Michigan, Physics and Chemistry, With Highest Honors
bar admissions
Illinois
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
honors & awards
Illinois Super Lawyers
publications
"Computer-Implemented Claim Limitations and 35 U.S.C. ยง 112, paragraph 6" snippets, Vol. 6, Issue 2, August 2008.