Dr. Gary Pisner, PhD

Registered Patent Attorney

Dr. Pisner is a former National Institute of Health (NIH) researcher who designed computer-based systems for modeling and testing of drugs and for analyzing EKGs and EEGs under real-time conditions. While at NIH, Dr. Pisner also designed electronic circuitry and optics for biomedical applications, isolated, tested and synthesized various bioactive peptides and proteins from animal tissue, and studied various neurotransmitters. Dr. Pisner has more than 17 years of patent prosecution experience.

Dr. Pisner has substantial experience in contested patent proceedings including re-examinations, oppositions and interferences, representation of clients before federal agencies and courts, negotiation of complex licensing agreements, resolution of licensing disputes and handling of contested licensing matters. Dr. Pisner is Of Counsel to the firm and maintains a local office in Fairfax, Virginia.

Significant Patents

5,639,669 - Separation of fetal cells from maternal blood (Separation of nucleated maternal from nucleated fetal red blood cells by application of magnetic field which separates them by using the difference in magnetic properties of maternal and fetal hemoglobin molecules) (Filed in U.S. and abroad).

5,293,271 - Retrocollimator Optical System (Retro-collimator optical system for helmet-mounted display that directs light corrected for optical aberrations from projector onto first reflective surface element, from which light is reflected to eye via second reflective surface element) (Filed in U.S. and abroad).

5,922,282 - Super Fast Tuberculosis Diagnosis and Sensitivity Testing Method (An automated computerized microscope, the ATBD unit, and slide module to diagnose and test patient's sputum by examining individual living mycobacterium from the patient sample with no culturing required. The diagnosis and sensitivity testing is accomplished in minutes or hours, instead of the current weeks to months (Filed in U.S. and abroad).

Significant Publications

Mendelson WB, Gillin JC, Pisner G, Wyatt, RJ. 1980. Arginine vasotocin and sleep in the rat, Brain Res. Jan 20;182(1):246-9

Bar Admissions

District of Columbia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
United States Appeals Court for the Federal Circuit
United States Court of Federal Claims
United States Patent and Trademark Office
United States Supreme Court
Virginia