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Eric AllenZelepugas

Counselmoc.eniHnospmohT@sagupeleZ.cirE
Chicago

O 312.998.4252

Eric AllenZelepugas

Counsel

Focus Areas

  • Worked in-house at a leading semiconductor manufacturing company in Hsinchu, Taiwan
  • Achieved denial of institution of four co-pending IPR petitions on behalf of Patent Owner based on allegations that Petitioner failed to identify a Real Party-in-Interest, which Petitioner failed to correct when given the chance
  • Prepared multiple IPR petitions alleging unpatentability of all claims of USPN 9668014 (four petitions), USPN 7386871 (five petitions) and USPN 7873978 (three petitions)
  • Achieved favorable IPR institution decisions on behalf of Petitioner instituting IPR on all claims of USPN 9668014 (20 claims), USPN 7386871 (56 claims) and USPN 7873978 (eight claims)
  • Achieved favorable resolution on behalf of Petitioner for USPN 7386871 and USPN 7873978
  • Achieved favorable IPR Final Written Decision on behalf of Petitioner finding all 20 claims of USPN 9668014 unpatentable
  • Co-author, “High Court Raises The Stakes At PTAB,” Law360, April 2018
  • Selected to the Illinois Rising Stars list, 2023 & 2024

Education

  • University of Illinois Chicago School of Law (formerly The John Marshall Law School), J.D., 2014
  • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, B.S. Electrical Engineering, 2010

Bar Admissions

  • Illinois

Court Admissions

  • U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois