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PRACTICE AREAS
Copyrights
Intellectual Property and Technology Litigation
Patents
Science and Technology
Trademarks
Richard P. Stitt is a registered patent attorney whose practice includes the medical and biochemical areas, software and mechanical inventions and intellectual property, litigation and licensing.
Prior to becoming an attorney, Mr. Stitt was a research scientist for the University of Kansas working in biochemistry, toxicology and medicinal chemistry. Mr. Stitt's intellectual property practice has encompassed prosecution of patents and trademarks in all commercially significant countries of the world, trademark opposition and cancellation proceedings.
DISTINCTIONS
Adjunct Professor, Intellectual Property Law, University of Missouri-Kansas City (1992-94)
Kansas Bar Association Annual Meeting Invited Speaker: "Personal Jurisdiction Via The Internet (1998)
American Jurisprudence Award, Remedies (1989)
Nathan Burkan Copyright Award, National 4th Prize
COMMUNITY AND BAR INVOLVEMENT
Patent & Trademark Office Society
American Intellectual Property Law Association
Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
Past Chair, Computer Law Section
American Bar Association
NOTABLE EXPERIENCE
Representative Patents Drafted and Prosecuted To Issue:
Medical / Medical Device / Chemical Patents
6,440,087 Oral fluid collection device and collection method
6,337,019 Biological permeable barrier to treat contaminated groundwater using immobilized cells
6,126,842 Low-concentration ozone waste water treatment
5,399,087 Ni-Ti orthodontic palatal expansion arch with cast lingual sheath and insert
5,219,578 Composition and method for immunostimulation in mammals
5,204,267 Method of glucose stabilization and analysis in dried blood spot samples
5,096,812 Assay Method for Gamma glutamyltransferase (GGT) in liquid blood and dried blood
Software / Electrical Patents
6,209,124 Method of markup language accessing of host systems and data using a constructed intermediary
6,024,288 Promotion system including an IC-card memory for obtaining and tracking a plurality of transactions
5,932,869 Promotional system with magnetic stripe and visual thermo-reversible print surfaced medium
5,525,310 Continuous corona discharge ozone generation device
5,507,188 Structural monitoring system
Mechanical Patents
6,487,985 Tug and barge connector and receiver apparatus
6,353,949 Tilt table for disease diagnosis
6,199,501 Articulated tug and barge mobile lightering connection
6,123,214 Multiple chambered container
6,119,741 Rotary cutter head
5,311,880 Method and apparatus for objective evaluation of patient ambulation, balance and weight bearing status
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
January | May 2001
Business Method Patents
Sponsored Seminar, Kansas City & St. Louis
April 2001
Copyright Fair Use
Missouri Association of School Librarians
Invited Speaker for Annual Meeting in Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri
April 2000
E-Commerce - The Current Issues
Sponsored Seminar, Doubletree Hotel, Overland Park, KS
January 2000
Trademarks Copyright and Intellectual Property Law
Seminar for Kansas City Society of Association Executives
February 1999
Y2K Planning for and Solving "The Year 2000 Problem"
Seminar for the Lee's Summit School District Executive Council
November 1998
Estoppel Already, You're Killing Me
Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
CLE seminar for Patent & Copyright Committee
October 1998
Next Generation Y2K Practice, Year 2000 Information and Readiness Disclosure Act
Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
Presentation at CLE seminar
June 1998
Personal Jurisdiction Via The Internet
Kansas Bar Association
Invited presentation for the 1998 Annual Meeting in Overland Park, Kansas
1992
Intellectual Property, What You Should Know For You And Your Client About Copyrights, Trademarks and Patents
Kansas Bar Association
Continuing Legal Education 1992 [Seminar course textbook]
1992
Copyright Self-help Protection as Copyright Misuse: Finally, The Other Shoe Drops
ASCAP Copyright Law Symposium No. 39 (Columbia University Press 1992).
1990
Protecting Your Intellectual Property Under the Laws of Kansas and Missouri
The Cambridge Institute [Seminar course textbook].
July 1988
Internet Issues for In-House Counsel: Managing Your Practice and Protecting Your Company
Seminar for American Corporate Counsel Association
1982
Photochemistry of 3,6-Dihydro-1, 2-Oxazines: A Versatile Route to Substituted Pyrroles
Tetrahedron Letters, Vol. 23, No. 13, 1327-1330
1980
Biotransformation and Excretion of Methylcyclopentadienyl Manganese Tricarbonyl in the Rat
Drug Metabolism and Disposition, Vol. 8, No. 6, 428-433
1980
Toxic Effects of Methylcyclopentadienyl Manganese Tricarbonyl (MMT) in Rats: Role of Metabolism
Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology 56, 353-360
EDUCATION
J.D., University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, 1989, Law Review (1988-89)
B.A., Chemistry/History, University of Kansas, 1975
BAR ADMISSIONS
Kansas, 1989 |
