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David R. Heckadon

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David Heckadon is of counsel in GRSM’s San Francisco office and a member of the Intellectual Property practice group.

David’s intellectual property practice focuses on patent application and prosecution. He has significant experience managing corporate patent portfolios and dockets (both domestic and foreign) and managing the patenting process from reviewing initial invention disclosure forms and meeting with inventors to drafting and prosecuting patents to allowance.

David also has significant experience with freedom to operate and infringement analyses, due diligence reviews and patent technical review for litigation support.

David’s patent practice spans a wide variety of technical fields, including:

  • Electro-mechanical systems, mechanical systems, scanning devices, medical imaging.

  • Internet and computer systems, software and business method patents, pharmaceutical software management systems,

  • Chemical analysis systems, renewable energy, microfluidics,

  • Medical device systems, and

  • Design patents.

A registered patent attorney, David also handles matters covering trademarks, copyrights, trade dress, trade secrets, licensing, technology transfer, and non-disclosure and non-compete agreements in global markets.

David’s green technology practice focuses on patent applications for renewable energy companies, Green Building issues and greenhouse gas legislation. David is the first and only lawyer in the U.S. who is both a registered U.S. Patent Attorney and a Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design Accredited Professional (LEED® AP) certified by the U.S. Green Building Council.

Representative Experience

David has handled matters involving the following technologies: 

  • Medical Devices 

    Surgical equipment (articulators, cannulae, surgical guide frames, remote nerve sensing, intervertebral implants and allografts)
    Drug and insulin delivery systems
    Glucose monitoring systems
    Suturing systems
    Medical device power connector interfaces
    Catheters (drug delivery, ultrasound, stent placement)
    Robotic surgery
    Sickle cell concentration measuring systems 

  • Renewable Energy 

    Solar technology
    Wind turbine technology
    Wave Power technology

  • Internet and Computer Systems 

    Computer software systems
    Internet Business systems
    Medical and pharmacological management systems 

  • Microfluidics / Micro Electromechanical Systems 

    Microcantilever sensor systems
    Microfluidic plates, arrays and sample loaders, microcapillary electrophoresis
    Micropumps and microvalves
    Gene chips (scanning, packaging) 

  • Medical Imaging 

    Medical Imaging and scanning systems. 

  • Mechanical Assembly and Chemical Analysis Systems 

    Printed circuit board assembly and soldering systems
    Combinatorial chemistry mass spectrometry
    Reaction blocks and sample loaders
    Spectrophoretic optical analysis probes 

  • Mechanical Systems 

    Various systems including: building frame re-enforcement systems, vehicle jacks, portable stoves, vehicle load cells, film packaging, and shape memory metals 

  • Design Patenting 

    Boat parts, bags, pens, engine equipment, etc.
     

 

  • New Ways To Challenge Patents Both Before And After They Issue, published in the Intellectual Property and Technology Law Journal, Vol, 25, Number 1 (January 2013) 

  • Protect Early, Protect Often: Understanding Important Legal Concepts and Practices to Help Your Clients Monetize Their IP Internationally, California Society of CPAS (June 16, 2011)
  • Managing Intellectual Property, Webinar on Green Patenting (2010)

Admissions

  • California
  • Washington D.C.
  • Ontario (Canada) (inactive)
  • U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Education

  • J.D., University of Calgary
  • M.B.A., University of Windsor
  • Bachelor of Commerce, honors, University of Windsor
  • B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Windsor

Honors

  • LEED® AP certified by the U.S. Green Building Council

Languages

  • Icelandic

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