Areas of Focus

Mechanical Patent Prosecution

Education

Rice University (B.A., History, 1984)
University of Missouri-Columbia (B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1985)
University of Missouri-Columbia (J.D., 1988)

Bar Information

Missouri
United States District Court, Eastern District of Missouri
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
United States Patent and Trademark Office

Published Articles

Note, Symbolic Union and the Establishment Clause, Missouri Law Review (1988)

Comment, Patent Claims and Prosecution History Estoppel in the Federal Circuit, Missouri Law Review (1988)

Professional Summary

Mr. James has been actively engaged in the prosecution, licensing and enforcement of patents in the United States and abroad. His particular emphasis is in the mechanical arts, including semiconductor growth and processing equipment, refrigerated display cases and refrigeration systems, pneumatic tools, electric motors and others.

Mr. James received his Bachelor of Arts in History from Rice University in 1984. He received his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering in 1985 from the University of Missouri-Columbia, where he was a member of the Pi Tau Sigma Mechanical Engineering Honor Society. Mr. James received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1988. He also contributed to the Missouri Law Review.

He is also a member of the Missouri Bar Association, the American Intellectual Property Law Association, the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, and is the Past President of the Patent and Trademark Section of the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis.

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