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John A. Merecki | Patent Agent
John Merecki is a registered Patent Agent for DiBerardino McGovern IP Group LLC (DMIP Group). John has a background in electrical engineering and physics.
For over 30 years, John Merecki’s practice has focused on patent preparation and prosecution. His technical experience includes computer hardware and software, electronics, semiconductor devices and fabrication, gas turbine systems, electric vehicles, speech processing, imaging/printing systems, medical devices and imaging, and mechanical devices.
John has been involved in representing domestic and foreign inventors and large corporate clients relative to their patent procurement and strategy. Early in his career, John was a Patent Examiner at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), specializing in the speech processing arts, including speech coding, speech recognition, and speech synthesis. His work as a Patent Examiner provided John with a unique understanding of the challenges inventors face during the patenting process.
John also served as a Patent Engineer for Agfa Corporation, where he worked closely with inventors to identify, prepare, and prosecute patent application in the United States and Europe. While working for Agfa, John was a coinventor of U.S. Patent No. 6,295,388, entitled “Method for Selecting an Area of Full Resolution Image Detail for Viewing During Scanning,” and U.S. Patent No. 5,673,125, entitled “Scanning system for Scanning Transmissive and Reflective Originals.
While not at work, John enjoys golfing and traveling with his wife, Cheryl.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, B.S. Electrical Engineering 1986, cum laude
-Eta Kappa NuColgate University, B.A. Physics 1984, magna cum laude
– Phi Beta Kappa
United States Patent & Trademark Office, Reg. No.: 35,812
- American Intellectual Property Law Association
