Greenberg Traurig

IP - Prosecution

Shareholder

Barry J. Schindler is the Chair of Greenberg Traurig's Global Patent Prosecution Group -- a group of approximately 4,000 domestic and 4,100 foreign applications pending and over 100 attorneys, who are registered with the USPTO. Barry has more than twenty-five years of legal experience in all aspects of pharmaceutical and chemical patent prosecution -- representing numerous major pharmaceutical and chemical companies regarding patents relating to small molecules and synthetic compounds.

Barry has helped companies of all sizes build and manage large patent portfolios, develop in-house procedures, and formulate intellectual property strategies. Barry positions clients to gain a competitive advantage by identifying patentable subject matter and drafting claims and providing patent opinions in such a way that infringement becomes possible to prove.

Barry has worked in numerous patent litigations to develop an overall case strategy that involves complementing a litigation strategy with actions at the USPTO. Barry has been involved in dozens of reexamination proceedings and over 50 IPR proceedings at the USPTO. He has worked with the USPTO in setting up numerous technical fairs, seminars and meetings to further the education of the Examiners.

Barry, an active member of the firm's Israel Practice also focuses his practice on managing the patent portfolio for numerous innovative Israeli start-ups. Barry is a frequent business visitor to Israel and is very involved with the local tech community.

Concentrations
Legal Areas
Patent Portfolio Management
Business Methodology
Patent Litigation
Prosecution of Patent Applications
Reexaminations and IPR Proceedings
Technical Areas
Chemical Compounds and Processes: Metallurgy; Medical Devices; Food Products/Supplements; Plastics; Material Science
Industrial Controls: Software; Mechanical and Electrical Devices; Internet Based Systems and Methods; Search Engine Technology; Database Management
Financial Derivatives and Systems: Exotic Financial Derivatives
Telemedicine
Internet-based Systems
Plastics
Agriculture

Capabilities
Intellectual Property & Technology
Technology, Media & Telecommunications
Litigation
Life Sciences & Medical Technology
Gaming
Patent Prosecution
Food, Beverage & Agribusiness
Emerging Technology
Trade Secrets

Admission to Practice
New York
New Jersey
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

English

• J.D., University of Houston Law Center, 1988
• B.S., Chemical Engineering and Food Science, Cornell University