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George C. Pappas
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Born
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Illinois, USA
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Managing Partner
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Education |
- JD, George Washington University, National Law Center (1994)
- Adelphi University (MBA-partial)
- BSEE (Electrical & Computer Engineering), University of New York at Buffalo (1987)
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Admittances |
- Registered practice before the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (1991)
- Admitted to the Bar in Illinois (1994)
- RIHC (California Bar), (thru 2008)
- Solicitor of England & Wales
- Admitted to Athens (Greece) Bar.
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Mr. Pappas is a US trained and educated patent attorney and engineer, and the current managing partner and founder of PAPPAS IP. PAPPAS IP is an Athens based law firm specializing in patent preparation, patent prosecution, and technology licensing and litigation, with partners and associates in the United States and other countries. Mr. Pappas has been representing clients in all aspects of intellectual property for over 20 years and holds a degree in Electrical & Computer Engineering from the United States, and law degree from a top tier US law school, where he specialized in patents and intellectual property. Early in his career, Mr. Pappas was a digital design engineer with Grumman Aerospace (now Northrop Grumman). From 1989 to 1991, Mr. Pappas worked as a patent examiner at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office where he was responsible for the examination and grant of patents in the electrical arts. Since 1991, Mr. Pappas has represented high tech clients at several internationally recognized law firms and also as senior in-house patent counsel at a number of major high tech corporations and start ups. Mr. Pappas is an experienced patent practitioner, patent litigator, intellectual property attorney and a highly competent licensing and negotiation expert. Mr. Pappas left his position as Vice President in the Patent Department of Qualcomm Incorporated to start PAPPAS IP in 2008 and to form the first of its kind law firm in South East Europe to provide complete specialized legal representation in US and European patent and intellectual property matters. Mr. Pappas is a graduate of the Stanford University program on Executive Leadership, and an educator with substantial experience in the training and qualification of patent experts. Mr. Pappas holds licenses as an attorney and solicitor in the United States, Greece, England and Wales, is a registered patent practitioner before the US Patent and Trademark Office, and an authorized legal practitioner before the European Patent Office.
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Diane L. Gardner |
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New York, USA
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Partner |
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- JD, Thomas Jefferson School of Law, (1996)
- University of NY at Stony Brook, B.S. Biological Sciences
- University of California San Diego. Certif. Regulatory Affairs (2001)
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Admittances |
- Registered practice before the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office(1993)
- Admitted to the bar in California
- Admitted to the bar in the District of Columbia
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Ms. Gardner has over nineteen years of scientific and legal experience including in-house, outside and government positions. Scientific positions include various bench chemistry roles in pharmaceutical and biotech labs ranging in size from extreme start-up to big pharma, with products including antihypertensives, ophthalmics, bronchodilators, antibiotics, anxiolytics, antianginals, and anti-inflammatory agents. Legal experience encompasses divergent settings and duties that complement one another across the interfaces of science and technology law. Practice includes patent, trademark and regulatory law in the areas of drug delivery (liposomes, microspheres and magnetic particles), diagnostic imaging agents, diagnostic and therapeutic chemical compounds, medical devices, nanoparticles and other technologies. Experience includes a wide variety of transactional matters and supporting matters of dispute. |
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Steven N. Kourtis
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Born
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Sydney, Australia
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Of Counsel
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Education |
- J.D. Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law (1991)
- B.A. Duquesne University (1984)
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Admittances |
- Admitted to the Bar of Pennsylvania (1992)
- Solicitor England & Wales (2005)
- Admitted to the Athens (Greece) Bar (2005)
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Mr. Kourtis went to law school in Washington, D.C. and worked for the environmental and energy sections of a large law firm for four years before moving to Athens, Greece in 1992. In Athens, Mr. Kourtis practiced transactional law with an international law firm with an emphasis on representing multi-national companies with matters in Greece. Mr. Kourtis also headed the Greek operations of an American biotechnology company heavily involved in the clinical diagnostics and life sciences fields and later became the company’s general counsel. Mr. Kourtis moved on to London in 2003 and worked with a London based firm on transactional matters and also became a solicitor of England and Wales. In 2005, Mr. Kourtis returned to Athens and practices in the areas of medical law, renewable energy, and corporate law. Mr. Kourtis has law licenses in Pennsylvania, U.S.A., England and Wales, and Athens, Greece.
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Glenn F. Savit
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Born
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New York, USA
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Of Counsel
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Education |
- JD, St. John’s University School of Law (1993)
- BSEE (Electrical Engineering), SUNY at Buffalo, cum laude (1982)
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Admittances |
- Admitted to the New York State Bar (1994); New Jersey Bar (1995)
- Registered to practice before the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (1993)
- United States District Court, Second Circuit (2002)
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Mr. Savit is an intellectual property attorney and patent prosecutor, with over 15 years of law firm experience. Mr. Savit, who has a special expertise in the telecommunications, electronics and computer fields, joined the firm in 2009. His practice includes preparing and prosecuting high technology patent applications in diverse technological fields; preparing due-diligence, infringement and validity opinions; and counseling clients on licensing, trademark and contractual matters. From 1982 to 1993 he worked for Unisys Corporation as an RF/antenna/electronics design engineer primarily for military and commercial radar systems. Since then he has done patent work for Fortune 500 corporations at several prominent intellectual property law firms. Other representative technology areas for which Mr. Savit has secured patent rights include: Internet applications, software, television, cameras, integrated circuits, transmitters, receivers, amplifiers, semiconductor memories, optical switches, artificial intelligence, electric power systems and medical devices.
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Theodore Varelas
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Born
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Athens, Greece
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Patent Specialist/Expert
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Education |
- M. Eng, Dept. of Electronics, Carleton U. Ottawa, Canada (1992)
- Dipl. Of Eng, Dept. of Electronics, U. of Patras, Patras, Greece (1990)
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Awards/Admittances |
- 1 issued Patent
- 2 Publications
- Member of IEEE since 1989
- Member of Technical Chamber of Greece since 1990
- Co-founder of Hellenic Semiconductor Industry Association
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Mr. Theodore Varelas has more than 20 years of experience in the semiconductor and electronics industry. He has held various positions in business development as well as engineering management and consulting positions, and has been responsible for new product development and introduction. Mr. Varelas has experience in a very broad area of technologies ranging from IC design and telecommunications (wired and wireless) to computer technologies and multimedia. Mr. Varela’s career included positions at Theta Microelectronics, Philsar Semiconductor, Nortel and Carleton University. He has over 10 years of experience in management and development of start up high tech companies in Canada and Greece.
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Gary Ballantyne |
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Nelson, New Zealand
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Patent Specialist/Expert |
Education |
- Ph.D (Electronic Engineering), University of Canterbury, 1994.
- Bachelor of Engineering (Electronic Engineering, with first-class honors), University of Canterbury, 1991.
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Awards |
- 10 granted US patents
- 9 published US patent applications
- 13 unpublished US patent applications
- 6 refereed academic publications
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Dr. Ballantyne has more than fifteen years experience in the wireless industry, most recently employed in the RF engineering department of Qualcomm Inc. where he was an expert in investigating, designing and developing advanced radio frequency (RF) system solutions. Dr. Ballantyne is a prolific inventor and has published numerous articles in the field of RF system design. Dr. Ballantyne has broad knowledge of wireless communications systems (with specific expertise at the physical layer), digital signal processing, and control systems.
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Martin V. Clark |
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Nelson, New Zealand
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Patent Specialist/Expert |
Education |
- Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, University of Canterbury, 1992.
- B.E. (Hons.), Electrical Engineering, University of Canterbury, 1988.
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Awards |
- 3 issued US patents
- 2 published US patent applications
- 4 unpublished US patent applications
- 10 refereed journal publications
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Dr. Clark has over 20 years experience in wireless communications. From 1992 to 1994, he worked at Telecom Corporation of New Zealand in the area of wireless technology analysis and modeling. He joined AT&T Bell Laboratories in 1994, and AT&T Labs in 1996 as a principal member of technical staff in the Wireless Communications Research Department. From 2002 to 2008, he worked at The MathWorks in the software development organization, including four years as manager of industry pilot projects for signal processing and communications. In the area of model-based design, he has collaborated with dozens of leading companies in communications, semiconductor, and aerospace/defense industries throughout North America, Europe, and Asia.
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George Alexandropoulos |
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Athens, Greece
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Patent Specialist/Expert |
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- Ph.D, emphasis in Wireless Communications, CEID, University of Patras, Greece, (2010)..
- M.A.Sc. emphasis in Signal Processing and Communications, CEID, University of Patras, Greece (2006).
- Diploma degree in computer engineering & informatics, CEID, SE, University of Patras, Greece (2003).
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Awards/Distinctions |
- Best award 2010 for a Ph.D. thesis.
- Student travel grant for IEEE Global Communications Conference.
- Scholar of the NCSR "Demokritos," IIT, Athens, Greece for Ph.D. dissertation.
- Scholar of the Operational Program for Education and Initial Vocational Training II, Ministry of Education, Lifelong Learning, and Religious Affairs, Greek Republic, for M.A.Sc. studies.
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Dr. Alexandropoulos was a research fellow at the Signal Processing and Communications Laboratory, at the University of Patras, from 2001. From 2006 to 2010, Dr. Alexandropoulos was with the National Centre for Scientific Research– “Demokritos,” Athens, Greece, where he was a Ph.D. scholar at the Wireless Communications Laboratory of the Institute of Informatics and Telecommunications. From 2007-2011, Dr. Alexandropoulos has been affiliated with the National Observatory of Athens, Institute for Space Applications and Remote Sensing, Athens, Greece, where he has participated in several national and European R&D projects. Since 2011, Dr. Alexandropoulos has been preparing and prosecuting patent applications in the field of electronics and computers, and remains a Visiting Lecturer at the Department of Telecommunications Science and Technology of the University of Peloponnese, Tripolis, Greece.
Dr. G. C. Alexandropoulos' research interests have included adaptive modulation, diversity techniques, cooperative and cognitive networks, fading channels, MIMO systems, multicell cooperation, signal processing for communications, and source localization in wireless sensor networks. He acts as a reviewer for several international journals (IEEE Transactions on Communications, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, etc) and IEEE conferences (ICC, GLOBECOM, VTC etc). He has also been a technical program committee member of the IEEE WCSP 2009. Dr. G. C. Alexandropoulos is a member of the IEEE, the IEEE Communications Society, and the Technical Chamber of Greece.
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Theodore Varelas
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