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Dennis M. Carleton

Principal

T 919.396.5643

M 412.977.0858

dcarleton@kdwfirm.com

Dennis M. Carleton

Throughout the tenure of his career in both the legal and engineering fields, Dennis Carleton has many years of experience working in innovative engineering environments, allowing him to speak the language of an innovator and apply his legal skills to guide his clients through the intellectual property process. Dennis has experience providing infringement and right-to-use analyses, including the drafting of opinion letters. He often assists clients to identify and design around existing IP roadblocks, helping them avoid costly litigation. He also has garnered extensive experience negotiating and drafting development agreements, licenses, confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements, and employment and contractor agreements, as well as having significant experience in the procurement and licensing of trademark assets. 

Dennis assists clients in a wide range of industries, drafting and prosecuting patent applications in electrical, software, and mechanical areas, covering a broad range of technologies, including robotics and automation, medical devices, facial recognition and identification, artificial Intelligence and machine learning, cyber security and trusted computing, business methods, electronic and internet commerce methods, high speed communications, mathematical algorithms, GPS systems, hydraulics, power electronics, and material sciences. 

Interests

Honors

  • Recipient of the American Intellectual Property Law Association’s Robert C. Watson Award for the best article regarding the protection of Intellectual Property

Contributed Content

  • Federal Circuit Court Denies Patent for “Too Abstract” Risk Management Process
  • South-Side’s WeatherWise In Decade-Long Dispute Over Patenting “Processes”

Professional Memberships

  • American Bar Association
  • Intellectual Property Section, ABA
  • American Intellectual Property Law Association
  • Pittsburgh Intellectual Property Association
  • Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
  • Association for Computing Machinery
  • Engineer’s Society of Western Pennsylvania

Spotlight

Learn more about Dennis by viewing his KDW Lawyer Spotlight.

Prior Experience

  • Fox Rothschild, LLP, Partner, 2006 - 2017
  • Buchanan Ingersoll, PC, Senior Associate, 1998 - 2006
  • Thorp, Reed & Armstrong, Associate, 1996 - 1998
  • Anesthesia Recording, Inc., Director of Application Development & Team Manager, 1992 - 1993
  • Digital Equipment Corporation, Senior Software Engineer, 1983 - 1992
  • Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, Director of Research Program, 1988 - 1990

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T 919.396.5643

M 412.977.0858

dcarleton@kdwfirm.com

Practice Areas

  • Licensing and Technology Transactions
    • Opinion Work
      • Patent Counseling
        • Patent Drafting and Prosecution
          • Trade Secrets
            • Trademarks

              Education

              • University of Pittsburgh School of LawJD, magna cum laude, 1996
              • Carnegie Mellon UniversityMS, Software Engineering, 1991
              • Carnegie Mellon UniversityBS, Electrical Engineering, 1983

              Admissions

              • Bar Admissions
                • Pennsylvania
              • Court Admissions
                • U.S. Court of Appeals
                • U.S. District Court

              Industry

              • Electronic Devices
                • Heavy Industry and Robotics
                  • Medical Devices
                    • Software and Computer Services
                      • Software Technologies
                        • Technology, Hardware and Electronics

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