Areas of Expertise:

• Patentability
  
• Patent Office procedures
  
• Patent law in electrical, electro-mechanical and mechanical technologies
  
• Patent prosecution, petitions and appeals
  

Licenses & Other Credentials:
J.D. with honors, George Washington University, Washington, D.C., 1973
B.S. Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 1969
Bar Admissions: MD, CA, USPTO, CAFC

Summary of Experience:

Mr. Gellner has over 36 years of experience in the patent profession. He has held several patent examiner positions and Supervisory Patent Examiner positions at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in Washington, D.C., was an Associate PTO Solicitor, and was a Special Programs Examiner. My. Gellner currently acts as an expert witness, consultant and attorney in patent litigation and prosecution. As an expert witness, he focuses on patentability and patent office procedures including giving advice, opinions and testimony in complex litigation in federal and state cases involving inventions worth tens of millions of dollars.