With dual degrees in mechanical and aerospace engineering, Walter provides strategic advice to large corporations, academic institutions and start-up companies in the development of their patent portfolios and freedom to operate. His practice includes patent prosecution and patent post grant proceedings, litigation, infringement and invalidity opinions, client counseling such as design-around advice and competitive monitoring and analysis, due diligence studies, licensing, and patent prosecution. Walter's patent post-grant experience includes over 25 reexamination proceedings and appeals before the Patent Trial and Appeals Board. He has prepared and prosecuted hundreds of patent applications for high profile pipeline and commercial products.
Credentials
Education
- Fordham University School of Law, 1994, J.D.
- Princeton University, 1989, B.S.E., Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Professional admissions & qualifications
- New York
- New Jersey
Court admissions
- U.S. District Court - District of New Jersey
- U.S. District Court - Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court - Eastern District of New York
- U.S. Patent & Trademark Office