Emmanuel Coffy
Personal Counsel - Professional Mastery
New Jersey
NJ, Patent Bar
About
Mr. Coffy has extensive experience in digital technologies, computer networks, and information technologies as well as device physics, which includes semiconductor applications. Mr. Coffy co-invented a device, which was issued as U.S. Patent No. 8,585,092. He also… read more has experience in re-examination, litigation, patent infringement assessment, patentability opinion letters, cease-and-desist letters, demand letters, and due diligence. Mr. Coffy advises clients on IP strategy, licensing, trademark, trade secret, copyright, and related unfair competition/deceptive advertising issues. He co-authored two (2)IP books.
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"Mr. Coffy is professional , honest and I would absolutely recommend his services to my colleagues if need be. Thank you Mr. Coffy. Daniel Schaefer"
"Great firm, easy to deal with and helped us a lot. Christian Hatstatt, France"
Work History
COFFYLAW, LLC Intellectual Property & Business Law Attorneys •www.coffylaw.com
Managing Member
May 2013 - Present
Perform the duties incumbent upon the manager of the firm. Additional duties include litigation support, conduct expert interviews associated with litigation, patent infringement assessment including complaint drafting, claim construction and infringement chart construction, patentability opinion letter, cease-and-desist letter, demand letter, due diligence; Draft and prosecute new applications.
Patterson & Sheridan/Wall & Tong, LLP
Associate Intellectual Property Attorney
Oct 2008 - Sep 2013
Draft and prosecute new utility and design patent applications, analyze Office Action in view of prior art, draft analysis letter and prepare reply to Office Action based on client’s response and instructions. Draft appeal briefs. Lead major Re-exam action. Counsel new clients in obtaining patents/trademarks to protect their innovations. Area of concentration include wireless communications.
Cozen O’Connor
Associate Intellectual Property Attorney
Jan 2008 - Sep 2008
Duties included litigation support, conduct expert interviews associated with litigation, patent infringement assessment including complaint drafting, claim construction and infringement chart construction, patentability opinion letter, cease-and-desist letter, demand letter, due diligence; Drafted and prosecuted new utility (including Business Method) and design patent applications.
THE FARRELL LAW FIRM, PC
Associate Patent Attorney
Jan 2006 - Jan 2008
Duties included analyze Office Action in view of prior art, draft analysis letter and prepared reply to Office Action based on client’s response and instructions. Prepared and filed new patent applications with USPTO. Drafted appeal briefs.
United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
Patent Examiner
Jan 2004 - Jan 2006
Successfully completed the USPTO Patent Academy. Examined and prosecuted for allowance patent applications dealing primarily with computer network and Internet in the Computer Networks Technology Center (TC 2157). Conducted interviews with practitioners and prepared response to amendments and appeals. Received performance award and recognized for quality examination practice.
Lucent Technologies/Avaya Communications Holmdel, NJ Member of Technical Staff (MTS), 2000–2002
Member of Technical Staff (MTS)
Jan 2000 - Jan 2002
Spearheaded the development effort, from inception through production phases of Avaya’s state-of-the art business telephone set for use with private branch exchanges (PBX). Researched, selected and designed the latest “Flash” technology into the telephone set. Supervised and coordinated work
efforts of internal design, testing and manufacturing teams, as well as marketing, regulatory and legal
L3/Honeywell/AlliedSignal
Digital Design Engineer
Jan 1996 - Jan 2000
Lead Design Engineer at world aerospace leader in charge of the development effort to produce a Digital Signal Processing Circuit Card for a Fiber Optic Gyroscope based Inertia Measurement Unit (IMU) for use in conjunction with Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) in the Navy’s Guided Munition.
Square D Company
Senior Hardware Design Engineer
Jan 1994 - Jan 1996
Designed and developed programmable logic controllers.
Computer Sciences Raytheon
Systems Network Engineer
Jan 1990 - Jan 1994
Performed analysis and top-level design of mission-critical, secured computer systems networks at Cape Canaveral (Kennedy Space Center, NASA) for use in orbital missions.