Mark A. Williamson

Partner, Washington DC

Since joining Fitzpatrick in 1989, Mark Williamson has gained extensive experience in both patent procurement and client counseling in the electrical and mechanical arts. He has worked in various technologies including ink jet and laser printing, photocopying, fluid distribution systems, medical devices and spacecraft launching vehicles. Mark has substantial experience in both domestic and international patent applications and has been involved in various reexaminations, reissues and interferences.

Prior to joining Fitzpatrick, Mark worked for several years as an Examiner with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Case Highlight

 Mark has had great success in appeals at the PTO, having had almost all appealed rejections reversed. 

Events / Publications

EVENTS

Quarterly Journal Symposium AIPLA
March 17, 2017

Best Practices for Restriction Practice & the New Rules on Alternative Claims AIPLA Spring Meeting
May 14, 2008

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PUBLICATIONS

Supreme Court Clarifies Test For Determining Whether Designs On Useful Articles Are Eligible For Copyright Protection: Star Athletica, L.L.C. v. Varsity Brands, Inc. Fitzpatrick Case Update
March 23, 2017

Oral Arguments in Alice v. CLS Bank Managing Intellectual Property
June 2014

Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto’s Patent Prosecution Update Volume 1, Issue 7
May 30, 2014

Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto’s Patent Prosecution Update Volume 1, Issue 6
March 6, 2013

Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto’s Patent Prosecution Update Volume 1, Issue 5
May 8, 2012

Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto’s Patent Prosecution Update Volume 1, Issue 4
December 2011

Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto’s Patent Prosecution Update Volume 1, Issue 3
April 2011

Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto’s Patent Prosecution Update Volume 1, Issue 2
November 2010

Traversing Art Rejections in Nanotechnology Patent Applications – No Small Task Nanotechnology Law & Business
September 2010

Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto’s Patent Prosecution Update Volume 1, Issue 1
June 9, 2010

Patenting business methods in the US: bullish or bearish outlook Financier Worldwide
October 2009

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News & Press

Fitzpatrick Listed as Leading Firm and thirteen Fitzpatrick Partners Recognized as IP Stars Managing Intellectual Property
May 2017
Fitzpatrick Listed as Leading Firm and Sixteen Fitzpatrick Partners Recognized as IP Stars Managing Intellectual Property
May 2016
Fitzpatrick Listed as Leading Bio Life Sciences Firm and Seventeen Fitzpatrick Partners Recognized as IP Stars Managing Intellectual Property
February 2015
Sixteen Fitzpatrick Partners Recognized as IP Stars Managing Intellectual Property
April 2014
Fifteen Fitzpatrick Partners Recognized as IP Stars Managing Intellectual Property
April 2013

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Mark A. Williamson Partner mwilliamson@fchs.com

Washington DCT (202) 721-5424

Aerospace Engineering; Applied Mechanics; Applied Physics; Computer Science; Electrical Engineering; Materials; Mechanical Engineering; Physics

Mr. Williamson is recognized as an IP Star in the 2013 - 2017 editions of Managing Intellectual Property.

J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 1990
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Drexel University, 1985

District of Columbia, 1991
State of Pennsylvania, 1990
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Canon
Munters
InterMetro
DoseSmart

Combining his love of travel and the outdoors, Mark has been to all 50 states, participating in various activities from climbing Mt. Ranier to hiking the Grand Canyon rim-to-rim.