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Dennis R. Daley

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Minneapolis Office
3200 IDS Center
80 South Eighth Street
Minneapolis, MN
55402 USA

ph: 612.332.5300
fax: 612.332.9081

Assistant:

Mona Steil
msteil@merchantgould.com
612.371.5333


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Dennis R. Daley is a shareholder and practices general intellectual property law. Dennis counsels a wide range of business clients from sole inventors and medium size companies to multinational corporations having an extensive, worldwide, patent estate. He counsels his clients on intellectual property issues relating to the development and strategic protection of products in the United States and abroad, handling infringement issues, contested matters, and licensing.

Prior to becoming an attorney, Dennis worked as a patent examiner at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office where his technical area of responsibility included polymer materials. His experience as a patent examiner gives him the ability to clarify the patenting process for clients and direct attention to the issues that matter. Dennis works for clients in the chemical and mechanical technologies, and has considerable experience in preparing patent applications, handling clearance and infringement issues, and licensing. His practice includes managing contested matters including a very large number of European patent oppositions, and handling United States patent reexamination and interference matters.

Dennis has considerable experience in the chemical engineering and chemistry technologies including cleaning technologies, paper manufacture and processing, polymer chemistry and polymer processing techniques, detergents and surfactants, polymerization, extraction, distillation, water purification, metallurgy, paints, and adhesives. Areas of experience in the mechanical arts include medical devices, automotive accessories, material handling equipment, filters, and refrigeration systems.

Education

Ohio State University
B.S.Ch.E., 1986

George Washington University
J.D., 1991

Bar Admissions

Virginia State Bar, 1991
Minnesota State Bar, 1994
U.S. Court of Appeals 4th, 8th and Federal Circuits
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Professional Affiliations

American Bar Association
American Intellectual Property Law Association
International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property
Fédération International des Conseils en Propriété Industrielle
Minnesota Intellectual Property Law Association
Minnesota State Bar Association
Virginia State Bar Association