James V. Suggs
James V. Suggs concentrates in patent law. He prepares and prosecutes patent applications, conducts legal research, and provides technological advice in support of validity, infringement and patentability analyses, patent application preparation and prosecution, and litigation in chemical, materials science, and related matters.
Mr. Suggs was a patent agent in the intellectual property department at Corning Incorporated, where he prepared and prosecuted patent applications in polymer and organic chemistry, glass, ceramics, photonics, and optical fiber technologies. Before turning to patent law, he was a scientist in the Science and Technology division at Corning Incorporated and at the Georgia Tech Research Institute, where he developed polymer- and liquid crystal-based photonic devices for telecommunications and chemical sensing applications. He is listed as an inventor on five issued U.S. patents.
education
J.D., Cornell Law School, Summa Cum Laude, Order of the Coif
M.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Chemistry
Graduate Research: Synthesis of the bicyclic ketal core of the zaragozic acids
B.S., Harvey Mudd College, Chemistry, With Distinction
bar admissions
Illinois
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
U.S. Patent & Trademark Office