FRED L. BRAUN is a patent agent in the firm's Electrical/Mechanical Practice Group. His primary responsibility is reviewing co-pending applications of the same inventor to determine whether they are related and must be disclosed to the examiners of each application. He is retired from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, with 38 years of federal service, where he was a primary patent examiner. He examined primarily in the art area related to electrophotography but also examined in other related photographic art areas. He received the Bronze Medal Award from the Department of Commerce during his federal service. Mr. Braun received his Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from Villanova University. |