Education

American University Washington College of Law, J.D. (cum laude, 1984)
The Pennsylvania State University, B.S. in Aerospace Engineering (1970)

Experience

Bruce H. Stoner joined the firm in 2003, following thirty-three years of service at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, including seventeen years on the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences. Judge Stoner's service on the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences included eight years as Chief Judge.

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Practice Areas

Judge Stoner is a reviewing attorney in the firm's interference practice group.

Judge Stoner is also a member of the firm's patent appeals, petitions and special procedures practice group, in which he supervises complex matters, including patent petitions and patent prosecution appeals.

Offices

Vice Chair, Patent Law, U.S. Committee, Intellectual Property Owners Association (2004-2005)

Admissions

1984, Virginia
2003, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Courts

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Representative Publications

Morgan, P. and Stoner, B.. (June 2004). Reexamination vs litigation -- making intelligent decisions in challenging patent validity. 86 J.P.T.O.S. 9, 441-463.