Bio

Gregory Coy is an intellectual property and transactional attorney who represents clients in all aspects of patent and trademark law, including seeking and securing protection for clients’ valuable technical innovations and trademark assets, providing opinions relating to the availability of protection and freedom to operate in both patent and trademark arenas, negotiating all types of deals and transactions that involve IP, including licensing transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and financing deals, and enforcing IP rights against third parties. Greg is a registered patent attorney with more than 25 years of experience providing IP services to individuals, universities, research institutions, and companies of all sizes, ranging from start-up companies and small local concerns to large, established international firms. As the IP subject matter expert on numerous M&A deal teams, Greg leverages his deep IP expertise to provide sophisticated practical advice to clients and resolves thorny IP issues to get deals done. His in-depth experience with IP issues and his unique perspective on corporate transactions bring significant value to both buy-side and sell-side clients in M&A transactions. In addition to procuring U.S. patents and federal trademark registrations for clients, Greg also represents clients in a wide variety of administrative proceedings before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, including Ex Parte patent appeals, patent reexamination proceedings, patent reissue proceedings, trademark opposition proceedings, trademark cancellation proceedings, and Ex Parte trademark appeals. He also oversees procurement of foreign patents and foreign trademark registrations, utilizing an extensive network of foreign patent and trademark attorneys. Greg’s patent practice has spanned a number of technologies, including chemical technologies; molecular and cellular biology, genetics and other forms of biotechnology; pharmaceutical; medical and biomedical devices; agriculture; mineral processing; solid oxide fuel cell technology; and commercial manufacturing processes, including polymer processing methods and methods for purifying chemical and material products and waste streams.