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Keefe and Associates specializes in the preparation and prosecution of patent applications before the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office.

Breaking News: The proposed Draconian U.S. Patent Office rules package which was first planned to go into effect on November 1, 2007 has now been rescinded by new USPTO Director, David Kappos. We at Keefe and Associates applaud Director Kappos for his forward thinking, and wish him many successes in the coming years.

Clients range from Fortune 500 companies to novice individual inventors.

Peter D. Keefe, senior attorney for Keefe & Associates, is registered to practice with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (since 1983) and with the State Bar of Michigan (since 1977). Peter has prepared hundreds of patent applications, involving the mechanical, electrical and chemical arts. His background includes a master's degree in physics, which subject he formerly taught at the university level. When asked "Do you miss teaching?" he responds by saying "Just because I'm no longer in a classroom, doesn't mean I'm no longer teaching." He is the inventor of a superconductive heat engine (Patent 4,638,194), a co-founder and past president of the Inventors' Association of Metropolitan Detroit, Inc., and a member of the American Bar Association, the State Bar of Michigan, the American Intellectual Property Law Association, the Michigan Patent Law Association and the Engineering Society of Detroit. Peter also holds an appointment as Senior Lecturer of the College of Engineering and Science, University of Detroit Mercy.

William D. Blackman, of counsel, is a patent attorney registered with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (since 1986) and the State Bar of Michigan. Bill has a chemistry degree, has considerable engineering experience, and specializes in mechanical & chemical patent prosecution. Bill also has experience with trademark and copyright prosecution, and intellectual property licensing and litigation. His practice is centered at Carrier, Blackman & Associates, P.C.

William B. Kolasa, technical consultant for the electrical arts, holds a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Windsor. Bill serves as an associate professor of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of Lawrence Technological University.

John J. Oleksik, technical consultant for the chemical arts, holds an M.S. in physical chemistry from the University of Chicago. John serves as an adjunct professor of mathematics of the College of Engineering and Science, University of Detroit Mercy.

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