PROFILE
Emmanuel Coffy practices patent preparation and prosecution in the fields of telecommunications, computer engineering and electronics. Prior to joining the firm, Emmanuel was an associate with Patterson & Sheridan, LLP (joining that firm in 2008), and two other firms, and a patent examiner for the USPTO in the Computer Networks Technology Center. Emmanuel practice emphasizes patent application preparation, prosecution and enforcement in the electronic arts including Business Methods Patents and Design Patents. He also has experience in litigation support, patent infringement assessment including complaint drafting, claim construction and infringement chart construction, patentability opinion letters, ceaseanddesist letters, demand letters, due diligence and conducting expert interviews. Emmanuel is fluent in French, Spanish, Creole and English.

Emmanuel has extensive technical experience in digital technologies, computer networks and information technologies as well as device physics which includes semiconductor applications. He has a wealth of electrical engineering experience for companies such as L3/Honeywell/Allied Signal and Lucent/Avaya in New Jersey, Square D Company in North Carolina and Computer Sciences Raytheon at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

EDUCATION
J.D., Seton Hall University School of Law, 2003
Ph.D., Technology Management, Stevens Institute of Technology, 1998-1999
M.S., Electrical Engineering, Florida Institute of Technology, 1993
B.S., Electrical Engineering, Bridgeport Engineering Institute, 1986

INDUSTRIES
Electronics & Electrical Engineering
Computer Science
Computer Networks
Telecommunications Mechanical
Products and Processes

PRACTICE AREAS
Patent procurement
Patent Assertion/Defense

ADMISSIONS & MEMBERSHIPS
U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey State Bar of New Jersey United States Patent and Trademark Office American Bar Association American Intellectual Property Law Association Monmouth County Bar Association

PUBLICATIONS/SPEECHES/PRESENTATIONS
“The need for signal claims", IDEA: The Intellectual Property Law Review, Franklin Pierce Law Center, Vol. 49, 2009