Headquartered within steps of the USPTO with an affiliate office in Tokyo, Oblon is one of the largest law firms in the United States focused exclusively on intellectual property law.
1968
Norman Oblon with Stanley Fisher and Marvin Spivak launched what was to become Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, LLP, one of the nation's leading full-service intellectual property law firms.
Outside the US, we service companies based in Japan, France, Germany, Italy, Saudi Arabia, and farther corners of the world. Our culturally aware attorneys speak many languages, including Japanese, French, German, Mandarin, Korean, Russian, Arabic, Farsi, Chinese.
Oblon's professionals provide industry-leading IP legal services to many of the world's most admired innovators and brands.
From the minute you walk through our doors, you'll become a valuable part of a team that fosters a culture of innovation, client service and collegiality.
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued final rules implementing the inventor's oath or declaration provisions of the America Invents Act (AIA) on August 14, 2012.
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Dr. Koziol is an attorney in the Chemical Patent Prosecution practice group and specializes in the preparation and prosecution of chemical patent applications. He has substantial experience in process and industrial chemistries, petrochemistry, and polymers. He is also experienced in drafting pharmaceutical applications for small-molecule and biological therapies. Dr. Koziol’s prosecution experience spans a wide range of technologies, including the integration of AI with engineering applications, semiconductor fabrication and process chambers, medical devices, microfluidic biosensors, direct air capture, HVAC systems, foods and beverages, microbial chemical synthesis, and nutraceuticals.
Prior to attending law school, Dr. Koziol spent six years as a chemist at a major energy company, focusing on applying nanoporous materials, including zeolites and metal organic frameworks (MOFs), to catalytic refining and gas separation applications.
Dr. Koziol completed a postdoc at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, where he focused on developing and applying advanced computational methods, for applications including biomimetic catalysts for post-combustion carbon capture and high-throughput screening of small-molecule antibiotic candidates.
Dr. Koziol’s doctoral research focused on fundamental studies of excited states in organic molecules, non-covalent interactions, and numerical methods for the simulation of infrared and photoelectron spectroscopies.
Dr. Koziol is an author on over 25 peer-reviewed scientific publications. He brings his deep technical experience to bear to understand client technologies and advocate on their behalf with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.