Nicholas S. Whitelaw received a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering in 1988 from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, during which time he took a co-op assignment in 1987 at Allied Automotive, Bendix Friction Materials Division. Mr. Whitelaw became a Patent Examiner in the United States Patent Office in 1988 and remained in that position until taking a law clerk position at a Washington, D.C. area law firm in 1992. Mr. Whitelaw joined The Law Office of Everett G. Diederiks, Jr., now Diederiks & Whitelaw, PLC, in 1996 where he has established himself as an important source of technical and legal expertise, while concentrating on conducting patentability, infringement and validity searches and preparing U.S. based patent applications.
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Licenses/Bar Admissions:
United States Patent and Trademark Office, 1993
Connecticut State Bar, 1995
District of Columbia Bar, 1996
United States District Court – District of Columbia, 2004
United States District Court – Connecticut, 2006
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 2006
Professional Memberships/Affiliations:
Connecticut Bar Association
District of Columbia Bar Association
American Bar Association
American Intellectual Property Lawyers Association
Education:
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1988
B.S. Mechanical Engineering
George Mason University School of Law, 1994
Patent Specialty Degree
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