A. Roger Lang

Assistant:

Belinda Weiss
bweiss@merchantgould.com
404.954.5076

Education

Bar Admissions

Professional Affiliations

Roger's practice mainly focuses on preparing on prosecuting patent applications in addition to patentability searches and opinions. He also provides support for litigation, including appeals, as well as infringement and validity opinions. His prosecution practice areas include the electrical and mechanical arts as well as software and business method patents. In conjunction with the Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation, Roger's pro bon efforts focusing on representing individual in housing disputes and creditor/debtor/consumer issues.

While in law school, Roger was a member of William Mitchell's Student Intellectual Property Law Association. Roger also was a Student Certified Attorney in Minnesota and represented pro bono clients in Housing Court and Bankruptcy Court. In addition, Roger was admitted under Georgia's Third Year Practice Act and interned with the Clayton County Solicitor General's Office where he arraigned over 150 defendants, sat first chair in seven misdemeanor trials, and successfully defended one motion to suppress in a DUI case.

Prior to joining Merchant & Gould, Roger was a Research Assistant at Georgia Tech. While at Georgia Tech he conducted research in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells and Chemical Vapor Deposition. In addition to research, Roger also taught courses in experimental engineering, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, thermodynamics, and thermal systems engineering. In his spare time Roger enjoys hiking, camping, cycling, aviation and is the holder of a private pilot's license.

Education

Georgia Institute of Technology
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, with Honors, 2002
  - President's Undergraduate Research Award
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, 2005
  - Sam Nunn Security Fellow

William Mitchell College of Law
J.D., 2011
  - Rosalia E. Wahl Moot Court.
  - Minnesota Justice Foundation Pro Bono Recognition (230+ hours of pro bono service)
  - Research Assistant to R. Carl Moy
    - Recognized in Amicus brief - Arid Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Eli Lilly and Company, No. 2008-1248
      (2009 WL 4832128 (Fed. Cir.))

Bar Admissions

State of Georgia
  - Georgia State Bar, 2011
  - Georgia Court of Appeals, 2011
  - Georgia Supreme Court, 2011
Federal Courts
  - Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, 2012
  - U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, 2011
  - Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, 2011
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 2006

Professional Affiliations 

State Bar of Georgia
  - Intellectual Property Section
  - Technology Section
  - Appellate Practice Section
  - Taxation Law Section