Chemical & Materials Technologies
Group at a Glance
- 18 members
- 16 members have doctorate degrees
- Members' backgrounds include: Organic and Inorganic Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Material Science, Bioengineering, and Chemical Biology
What Matters to Our Clients
Breadth of Expertise
Our CMT Group has a rare combination of technical depth and breadth of experience, with expertise in virtually all areas of chemistry, chemical engineering, and materials science. All group members have advanced degrees from top universities including MIT, Harvard, and Stanford. Our clients turn to us with confidence for strategic advice on their IP needs knowing we have a complete understanding of their technology and communicate easily with their inventors and scientists.
Superlative Service
Our clients appreciate the fact that our service is a distinctive blend of high quality and sophisticated advice coupled with flexibility, responsiveness, and personal attention. World class scientists, including Nobel Prize winners, as well as industry and technology leaders look to members of our CMT Group for guidance in acquiring and protecting their intellectual property. Our clients cover the spectrum of the chemical and materials technologies from large, established companies and major universities to early stages companies.
The group provides a full range of IP services including: patent preparation and prosecution, opinions and studies related to infringement and patentability, licensing, IP due diligence, interferences, oppositions, litigation, trademarks, and strategic counseling. In order to provide our clients with support on IP issues internationally, we also maintain close working relationships with associates around the world.
Creative Approach
Our members have the drive to look beyond the obvious. They bring novel approaches to protecting our clients’ products and services. We also stay on top of industry developments and take the time to understand our client’s business goals. As a result, our strategies offer the comprehensive protection that gives our clients a competitive advantage.
Areas of Expertise
Examples of our group's areas of expertise include:
- Biochemical engineering
- Biomedical engineering
- Chemical process engineering
- Petrochemical engineering
- Purification & separation technologies
- Unit operation design & chemical reactors
- Analytical chemistry
- Catalysis
- Combinatorial chemistry
- Food product testing
- Imaging agents
- Inorganic chemistry
- Organic chemistry
- Organometallics
- Physical chemistry
- Polymer chemistry
- Sensors
- Batteries
- Fuel cells
- Supercapacitors
- Ceramics
- Coatings & thin films
- Displays
- Materials processing
- MEMS
- Metallurgy
- Microfabrication
- Microfluidics
- Polymers & polymer processing
- Semiconductor materials & processing
- Solid state lighting
- Textiles
- Clinical diagnostics
- Drug screening analysis methods
- Medical imaging
- Tissue engineering
- Brown University
- C.R. Bard, Inc.
- Dana Farber Cancer Institute
- Davol, Inc.
- DEKA Research & Development Corporation
- GTC Biotherapeutics, Inc.
- Harvard University & Medical School
- Intersouth Partners
- Luminus Devices, Inc.
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Nufern
- Primet Precision Materials
- Ranier Technology
- Seventh Sense Biosystems, Inc.
- Sion Power Corporation
- SynCardia Systems Inc
- Trexel, Inc.
- Yale University
April 2013 - Wolf Greenfield Tops the Boston Business Journal’s List of Largest Area Intellectual Property Law Firms
April 10, 2013 - Rob Walat quoted in Mass High Tech
March 22, 2013 - Ed Walsh quoted on "first-inventor-to-file" changes
March 22, 2013 - Patrick Waller quoted on the "First-Inventor-to File" system
March 11, 2013 - Patrick Waller quoted in Law360 on first-to-file patent system
February 21, 2013 - Wolf Greenfield Attorney Recognized for Pro Bono Service by Women’s Bar Foundation
February 12, 2013 - Deadline approaches for patent protections
February 5, 2013 - Wolf Greenfield Named Elite Trademark Law Firm in World Trademark Report 1000
January 29, 2013 - Preparing for the “First Inventor to File” Transition
January 18, 2013 - Ed Walsh was quoted in a Law360 article on Patent Reform
October 22, 2012 - Fifteen Wolf Greenfield Lawyers Highlighted in 2012 Massachusetts Super Lawyers List
Falana v. Kent State University (1/23/12) - Inventor of a Method May Also Be Inventor of Method’s Novel Compounds
October 18, 2012 - WOLF GREENFIELD SEMINAR: What You Need to Know to Prepare for the "First Inventor to File" Transition - Replay Now Available
September 19, 2012 - Eleven Wolf Greenfield Attorneys Selected for 2013 Best Lawyers in America®
September 6, 2012 - Federal Circuit Establishes New Standard on Divided Infringement and Inducement
July 27, 2012 - Chelsea Loughran quoted in Law360 on the new First-To-File rules
June 2012 - Wolf Greenfield Named to IAM 1000 World’s Leading Patent Practitioners List
June 2012 - GBLS Recognizes Wolf Greenfield with 2012 Associates Drive Award
In Re Hyon (5/24/12) - Federal Circuit Clarifies Substantial Evidence Standard on Appeal for Questions of Motivation to Combine
In re MSTG, Inc (4/9/12) - No Settlement Negotiations Privilege
AFT Trust. v. J&L Fiber (4/3/12) - Prosecution History Can Be Used During Claim Construction
Marine Polymer v. HemCon (decided 3/15/12) - Intervening Rights Cannot Be Triggered by Argument Alone in Reexaminations
In re Erik P. Staats and Robin P. Lash (3/5/2012) - Federal Circuit Rejects Restrictions on Broadening Claims in Reissue Applications
In re Google, Inc. (decided 2/6/12) - Substance of Emails Determines Attorney-Client Privilege Protection
January 31, 2012 - Navigating Patent Eligibility for Process Claims
December 2011 - Neil Ferraro Named 2012 Boston Patent Law Association President
January 3, 2012 - Wolf Greenfield Welcomes 2012 Promoting Seven Lawyers to New Positions
November 2011 - America Invents Act: The Implications of Patent Reform
October 12, 2011 - Wolf Greenfield Sponsored MIT Forum Event on October 12
In re Stepan (decided 10/5/11) - BPAI Triggers “New Ground of Rejection” When Changing Statutory Basis of Rejection
September 2011 - America Invents Act – Patent Reform is Finally Here
September 9, 2011 - IP ALERT—Senate Endorses The Long-Awaited Patent Reform
Markem-Imaje Corp. v. Zipher Ltd (decided 9/9/11) - Same Claim Terms Can Have Different Meanings Within Different Limitations
AIA Engineering v Magotteaux (decided 8/31/11) - Federal Circuit Muddies Reissue Application Practice
February 25, 2011 - Managing the Pace of Patent Applications
February 17, 2011 - WOLF GREENFIELD SEMINAR: Managing IP Risks: The Importance of Obtaining Freedom to Operate Guidance - presentation now available
January 1, 2011 - Wolf Greenfield filed 2,749 patent applications and 688 trademark applications in 2010.
December 2010 - Wolf Greenfield was ranked #1 in number of patents filed and number of patent attorneys in Mass High Tech’s annual survey
August 22, 2010 - Hunter Baker, Ed Gates and Chelsea Loughran presented at the American Chemical Society’s Fall National Meeting
August 20, 2010 - BBJ survey ranks Wolf Greenfield #1 in patent attorneys, patents filed and patents obtained
July 7, 2010 - A Wolf Greenfield Webinar: Forecasting the Future of Method Patents Post-Bilski — archived replay of webinar now available
June 28, 2010 - CLIENT ALERT— Supreme Court Leaves Door Open to Business Method Patents
June 17, 2010 - WOLF GREENFIELD SEMINAR: Strategically Building and Monetizing a Patent Portfolio - replay now available
October 15, 2009 - CLIENT ALERT — USPTO Rescinds Controversial Rules Restricting Patent Applications
September 24, 2009 - CLIENT ALERT — Federal Circuit Confirms Diagnostic and Therapeutic Methods Can be Patentable Subject Matter
May 14, 2009 - Our clients Cambridge NanoTech and E Ink named winners of SBANE’s New England Innovation Awards, and our client Formulatrix named as finalist
March 25, 2009 - CLIENT ALERT — Federal Circuit Decision on Controversial PTO Rules
February 2009 - Maximizing Intellectual Property Value in Tough Economic Times- Seminar replay now available
WHITE PAPER - Energy, Cleantech, and Intellectual Property: Managing Technology Convergence and Protecting Innovation
November 12, 2008 - Navigating Technology Collaborations and Joint Ventures—Wolf Greenfield seminar
February 7, 2008 - An Entrepreneur's Guide to the Intellectual Property Galaxy
March 21, 2007 - Wolf Greenfield Names Oyer President and Managing Partner - Lawyer/Scientist Takes Reins at Boston Intellectual Property Law Firm
March 2007 - Can a Biological Sequence be Copyrighted?
November 2006 - Accelerated Examination of Patent Applications: Too Good To Be True?
Q&A Booklet - Q&A on Patents
Q&A Booklet - Q&A on Intellectual Property Litigation
Q&A Booklet - Q&A on Licensing and Transactions
