Mary Helen Sears

Background

Helen Sears, Mary was born in Syracuse, New York, United States.

Education

Cornell University (Bachelor of Arts, 1950). George Washington University (Juris Doctor, with honors, 1960).

Career

Worked at The M.H. Sears Law Firm (Washington, District of Columbia) specializing in Intellectual Property Law including Patent, Trademarks and Copyright. Litigation and Counseling in the areas of Trade Secrets, Licensing, Procurement of Rights and Unfair Competition. Admitted to the bar, 1960, Virginia.

1961, District of Columbia.

1963, United States. Supreme Court. Registered to practice before United States.

Patent and Trademark Office. Phi Alpha Delta; Order of the Coif.

Author: "Discovery in Interferences," 53 Journal of Patent Office Society 693, 1971.

"The Continuation-In-Participant Practice— Should it be Abolished?" 55 J.P.O.S. 539, 1973. "One Litigation Lawyer"s View of Ex Parte, Secret Patent Procedures," II APLA Quarterly Journal 241, 1974. "Tinkering with the Invention Standard: Number Solution to Problems of Patent Quality," 59 Minnesota Law Review 965, 1975.

"Combination Patents and 35 United States.C. §103," 1977 Detroit College of Law Review 85, 1977.

"The Corporate Patent— Reform or Retrogression?" 22 Villanova Law Review 1085, 1976-1977. "Science Confronts Society on the Issue of Genetic Experiments on Human Beings: A Lawyers View," Symposium on Biological Research and International Law Proceedings of the 73rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of International Law, April, 1979.

"Recombinant deoxyribonucleic acid Activities: International and Comparative Legal Ramifications," University Toledo Law Review, 1981. Company-Author with Edward South. Irons: "The Constitutional Standard of Invention— The Touchstone for Patent Reform," 1973 Utah Law Review 653, 1973.

"Patents in Relation to Microbiology," 29 Annual Review of Microbiology 319, 1975.

"United States Patents and Microbes," Enzyme Microb. Technological, Volume 1, January, 1979. "Patent ‘Reexamination’: A Case of Administrative Arrogation," 1980 Utah Law Review 287, 1980.

Member: Cornell University Council, 1980-1987, 1989—.

Administrative Board, 1984-1987. Member: The District of Columbia Bar.

Virginia State Bar. American Bar Association (Company-Chair, Appellate Practice Committee, Section of Litigation, 1989-1992).

American Intellectual Property Association. American Chemical Society.

International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property. Licensing Executives Society.

American Judicature Association.

International Trademark Association. The M.H. Sears law firm specializes in developing and counseling an intellectual property law "Strategy" for many widely different international and national clients. The firm represents business entities and entrepreneurial enterprises involved in technology issues including pharmaceutical, electro-mechanical, diagnostics, computer/software, genetic engineering, chemical and bio-medical matters.

Achievements

• Mary Helen Sears has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.

Works

• Other Work

  • Author: "Discovery in Interferences," 53 Journal of Patent Office Society 693, 1971. "The Continuation-In-Part Practice? Should it be Abolished?" 55 J.P.O.S. 539, 1973. "One Litigation Lawyer's View of Ex Parte, Secret Patent Procedures," II APLA Quarterly Journal 241, 1974.
    
    "Tinkering with the Invention Standard: No Solution to Problems of Patent Quality," 59 Minnesota Law Review 965, 1975. "Combination Patents and 35 United States.C. �103," 1977 Detroit College of Law Review 85, 1977. "The Corporate Patent? Reform or Retrogression?" 22 Villanova Law Review 1085, 1976-1977.
    
    "Science Confronts Society on the Issue of Genetic Experiments on Human Beings: A Lawyers View," Symposium on Biological Research and International Law Proceedings of the 73rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of International Law, April, 1979. "Recombinant DNA Activities: International and Comparative Legal Ramifications," University Toledo Law Rev., 1981. Co-Author with Edward S. Irons: "The Constitutional Standard of Invention? The Touchstone for Patent Reform," 1973 Utah Law Review 653, 1973.
    
    "Patents in Relation to Microbiology," 29 Annual Review of Microbiology 319, 1975. "United States Patents and Microbes," Enzyme Microb. Technol., Volume 1, January, 1979.
    
    "Patent ?Reexamination?: A Case of Administrative Arrogation," 1980 Utah Law Review 287, 1980.

Membership

Member: Cornell University Council, 1980-1987, 1989—. Administrative Board, 1984-1987. Member: The District of Columbia Bar.

Virginia State Bar.

American Bar Association (Company-Chair, Appellate Practice Committee, Section of Litigation, 1989-1992). American Intellectual Property Association. American Chemical Society.

International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property.

Licensing Executives Society. American Judicature Association.

International Trademark Association.