Benjamin E. Urcia
Benjamin E. Urcia
Mr. Urcia's practice concentrates on patent prosecution in all phases of practice in mechanical, electro-mechanical, electrical, computer, and communications technologies, as well as due diligence investigations, patent infringement/validity opinions, and litigation support. Before joining Bacon & Thomas in 1988, Mr. Urcia was a patent examiner in the field of dynamic information storage and retrieval.

Representative recently-issued patents include:

U.S. Patent No. 6,303,925 Patricia Alaine Edmonds Baltimore, Md.
"Apparatus And Method For Distinguishing Paper Articles From Plastic Articles"

U.S. Patent No. 6,297,575 Tai-Her Yang Taiwan, R.O.C.
"Combined Power Driven Device Having A Three-Layered Electromechanical Structure With Common Structures"

U.S. Patent No. 6,288,587 Poko Chen et al. National Science Council of Republic of China
"CMOS Pulse Shrinking Delay Element With Deep Subnanosecond Resolution"

U.S. Patent No. 6,280,277 Michael A. Greenberg Shelcore, Inc. Somerset, NJ
"Combination Water Gun And Self-Propelled Toy"

U.S. Patent No. 6,233,428 Bruce Fryer Maplewood, NJ
"System And Method For Distribution Of Child Care Training Materials And Remote Monitoring Of Child Care Centers"

U.S. Patent No. 6,163,503 Sigmar Gudbjornsson Seltjarnarnes, Iceland
"System, Apparatus, And Method For Geographic Positioning Of Marine Fauna"

U.S. Patent No. 6,158,011 James F. Chen et al. V-One Corporation Germantown, Md.
"Multi-Access Virtual Private Network"
Born: Seattle, Washington
Education: University of Washington (J.D.)
University of Washington (B.S., honors in
   Physics)
Bars: District of Columbia
Washington
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

E-Mail: burcia@baconthomas.com