Clem Luken leads a discussion group of the American Chemical Society - 03/30/2007

Clem Luken led the Chemistry and the Law Discussion Group of the American Chemical Society - Cincinnati Section, on Feb 15, 2007. The topic of the discussion was "Securing a Patent - the Proof is in the Paper". The focus of the discussion was for inventors and the trials and tribulations encountered during the patent application process. This discussion provided an overview to the reasoning behind the requirements made by the US Patent Office, the courts, and patent attorneys, which result in well-defined enforceable patent properties. This included the importance of the invention description and identifying all other published information of existing patents.

Clement H. Luken, Jr. is a Partner with Wood, Herron & Evans and is involved in all phases of the firm's practice. Admitted to the Ohio bar in 1986 and registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, he joined Wood, Herron & Evans in 1986 and focuses on litigation, chemical technology matters and trademark matters.

He graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from Xavier University in 1978. He also received a Master of Science degree in Chemistry in 1981 from Xavier. He then obtained his Juris Doctor degree from the Salmon P. Chase College of Law at Northern Kentucky University in 1986.