Mohammad S. Rahman

Mohammad S. Rahman is a partner in the firm and is a registered patent attorney. He earned a Bachelors of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Maryland in 1995. He earned a Juris Doctor degree from the Villanova University School of Law in 1999 while simultaneously earning a Masters in Business Administration from Villanova University’s College of Commerce and Finance in 1999, where he was named to the Beta Gamma Sigma national honor society.

Mr. Rahman is a member of the Maryland State Bar, and is a member of the American Bar Association, the Maryland State Bar Association, the Anne Arundel County Bar Association, the American Intellectual Property Law Association, and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Mr. Rahman is also registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Mr. Rahman currently concentrates on patent application preparation and prosecution in the medical device, electrical, mechanical, biotechnology, communications, business methods, computer, and software related arts as well as trademark-related matters. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Rahman worked as an intellectual property attorney in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was involved in all aspects of intellectual property law including domestic and foreign patent and trademark prosecution, as well as litigation. Mr. Rahman has also provided counsel to several internet start-up companies, and has also prepared in-house strategic patent plans for ophthalmic companies and golf equipment manufacturers to aid them in developing successful in-house patent programs. At Villanova, Mr. Rahman worked as a Graduate Research Assistant where he assisted in SEC enforcement research, performed legal research and assisted in E-commerce, E-mail privacy, electronic discovery research, and genetic algorithm problem solving research.

Prior to law school, Mr. Rahman worked in the materials engineering division at an aerospace company, TCOM, L.P. located in Columbia, Maryland, where he managed the day-to-day operations of the in-house Materials Engineering Laboratory. He also designed, performed, and analyzed experiments conducted on various engineering materials and chemicals used in the production of aerospace and aeronautical devices. Moreover, he developed and improved manufacturing techniques for the in-house production of electro-mechanical devices. Furthermore, he edited engineering specification sheets and constructed prototype devices used for marketing and testing.

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