Mr. Thomas is registered patent attorney (Registration Number 33,460) and has represented small and large clients across a broad range of technical fields for twenty years in both the creation and enforcement of intellectual property rights.

Mr. Thomas completed his undergraduate studies at Duke University in 1983 where he received a degree in chemistry, and he is a 1986 graduate of Vanderbilt University School of Law. He has spent his entire career in private practice with intellectual property law firms. From 1986 to 1996, he worked at Bell, Seltzer Park & Gibson, P.A. (now Alston & Bird) in Charlotte where he was partner and then moved to Richmond to build a practice there for Arlington-based Millen, White, Zelano & Branigan, P.C. In 2002, he branched out to open his own firm.

In addition to client matters, Mr. Thomas is an adjunct assistant professor of law at the University of Richmond's T.C. Williams Law School where he teaches patent law. He was also selected as one of Virginia's best intellectual property lawyers by Virginia Business Magazine in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005 and 2006.

Mr. Thomas can be reached via email at: jthomas@ip-counsel.net

Mr. Karceski is a registered patent attorney (Registration Number 35,914) who has represented both large and small clients in many technology areas.  While Mr. Karceski’s primary area of practice involves patent prosecution and client counseling, Mr. Karceski has been involved with the enforcement of intellectual property rights before U.S. District Courts and the U.S. International Trade Commission (Section 337 Investigations).  Mr. Karceski also has assisted clients with Reexamination Proceedings and Interferences before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Mr. Karceski graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park, in 1988, where he received a degree in nuclear engineering with a minor in mechanical engineering.  Mr. Karceski graduated from the George Washington Law School in 1991.  His career encompasses three law firms:  (1) Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP (1991-1999), (2) Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP (1999-2007), and (3) Barnes & Thornburg LLP (2007-2009).  In addition to his experience in private practice, Mr. Karceski is an adjunct professor at Georgetown University, where he has been teaching a paralegal course in intellectual property since 1994.

Mr. Karceski has prepared and prosecuted hundreds of utility and design patent applications.  Areas of technical familiarity include compositions of rubber materials, plastics, fuel additives, petroleum products, steels, and optic fiber materials.  Mr. Karceski has prosecuted patent applications involving optics, recreational vehicles, airplanes, trains, automobiles, internal combustion engines, and petroleum distillation and refining.  Mr. Karceski also has been involved with patent applications directed to the construction of semiconductor components, plasma deposition of materials, photolithographic processes, hard disk drives, optical storage media, solid state memory (i.e., “thumb drives”), and computer monitors and televisions.

Mr. Karceski has experience preparing and filing software patents, business method patents, and patent applications that involve data processing, such as parallel processors for hand-held mobile devices, including “smart phones.”

Mr. Karceski concentrates his practice on patent prosecution, counseling, and opinion work.  He has prosecuted patent applications before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), is familiar with international patent practice, and has prosecuted numerous patent applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty.  Mr. Karceski assists clients to obtain worldwide patent protection for their products.  He also helps clients manage their patent portfolios.

Mr. Karceski advises clients on many aspects of patent law, including: patent drafting, prosecution before the United States Patent Office, assistance with prosecution before foreign patent offices, validity studies, infringement studies, product clearances, and patent clearances, among others.

Mr. Karceski can be reached via e-mail at:  jkarceski@ip-counsel.net