KURT M. BERGER, Ph.D., is a patent attorney in the firm's Electrical Patent Prosecution practice group. Representing a broad range of clients, Dr. Berger prepares and prosecutes patent applications for U.S. and foreign corporations in the fields of electronics, computers, software, networks, telecommunications, optical disc systems, medical imaging devices, and communications systems and standards.
An experienced patent attorney, Dr. Berger has prosecuted thousands of patents and is well versed in the most effective strategies for protecting cutting-edge innovations like BluRay Disc Players, DVD technologies, CDMA patents, and next-generation encryption.
A former engineer and mathematics professor, Dr. Berger is especially skilled at working with patents involving mathematical complexities, and is called upon to offer non-infringement and invalidity opinions, and advice on patentability, risk management, design-around competitor patents, and freedom to operate. Dr. Berger trains the firm's new associates, as well as clients, regarding software patents and other patent law issues.
Prior to joining the firm, Dr. Berger was an Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Ohio State University. Additionally, he has four years of engineering experience as a member of the technical staff at Charles Stark Draper Laboratory in Cambridge, Massachusetts, specializing in intelligent control systems. While studying for his Ph.D. in applied mathematics, with a specialization in partial differential equations, his research was supported by the National Science Foundation.
Dr. Berger has written numerous publications in the areas of intelligent control systems, nonlinear wave propagation, and computational methods and has clearance to prosecute patents for the U.S. government.
Professional Affiliations
American Bar Association
American Intellectual Property Law Association
Intellectual Property Owners Association, Software & Business Methods Subcommittee (2010)
Experience
Representative Matters
Opinion related to National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) next-generation encryption standard.
Opinion related to embedded systems using JAVA virtual machines.
Opinion related to JPEG-2000 standard.
Managing portfolio of applications related to positron emission tomography (PET) scanner technology.
Resources
News
Oblon Spivak Elects Three Partners and Elevates One Senior Associate and Two Associates
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Oblon, Spivak Elects Four New Members and Elevates Six Attorneys to Senior Associate
Friday, January 5, 2007
Publications
The Consequences of Bilski
Monday, November 2, 2009
The Patent Subject Eligibility Tug of War: Why the PTO Has It Wrong on Section 101
Thursday, October 2, 2008