Mr. Wright is active in all aspects of the firm’s patent practice, with a focus on complex patent litigation and appellate litigation in the courts, and complex reexamination practice before the United States Patent & Trademark Office. He has extensive experience in the preparation and prosecution of patent applications before the USPTO in technologies ranging from software, hardware (analog and digital), communications, wireless devices and systems, networking, database management, computer memory devices, semiconductor manufacturing, computer graphics and electrical power systems including nuclear technology.
Mr. Wright is a recognized leader in complex reexamination practice where there is co-pending district court litigation or USITC investigations. He is a co-author along with Robert Greene Sterne of the leading reexamination article, which has published for the past four years in the Sedona Conference Journal®. He is familiar with the challenges faced by both patent owners and third-party requesters in these complex proceedings. In particular, he has represented patent owners in over thirty inter partes and ex parte reexaminations involving concurrent district court or USITC proceedings, including appeals to the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (BPAI).
Currently, Mr. Wright is counsel for appellants in In re Jung, an appeal from the BPAI pending before the Federal Circuit (2010-1019), which involves the prima facie anticipation requirement in patent prosecution. He has also participated in four other Federal Circuit appeals, and in several amicus efforts.
Prior to joining Sterne Kessler, Mr. Wright clerked for the Honorable Alvin A. Schall at the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. While at George Mason University School of Law, he was the Managing Editor of the George Mason Law Review. Before law school, Mr. Wright was a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy and spent seven years on active duty in the Submarine Force. His tour included three years on the nuclear powered fast attack submarine USS TAUTOG (SSN 639), and two years with COMSUBGRU 7 in Yokosuka, Japan. In addition to being a qualified Naval Nuclear Engineer, Mr. Wright also has private industry experience where he worked in semiconductor manufacturing for industry leader International Business Machines.
Mr. Wright is an active member of several professional associations, including the Giles Sutherland Rich American Inn of Court (an Inn focused on intellectual property), the Federal Circuit Bar Association and the ITC Trial Lawyers Trial Association.
Mr. Wright has authored or co-authored several articles and amicus briefs. He also serves on The Reexamination Center Editorial Board for www.reexamcenter.com.
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