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JOSEPH G. CURATOLO
DIRECTOR Joseph G. Curatolo, Esq. is a principal of Curatolo Sidoti, concentrating on client counseling, patent and trademark preparation and prosecution, licensing, opinions, and dispute resolution. He has experience in the chemical, materials science, semiconductor, biotechnology, and mechanical arts. Joseph was formerly Senior Patent and License Counsel of The Standard Oil Company/BP America, and was a director of Renner, Kenner, Greive, Bobak, Taylor & Weber. Joseph is a member of the Bar of the State of Ohio, and is admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Joseph has been active in various PTO Automation and Electronic Filing committees of the American Intellectual Properly Law Association and the American Bar Association Intellectual Property Section, and is a member of the Federal Circuit Bar Association, the Ohio Bar Association, and the Cleveland Intellectual Property Law Association. Joseph has a B.S. from John Carroll University, Cum Laude, and a J.D. from Cleveland Marshall College of Law. Joseph is a member of the American Chemical Society, the AIChE, and IEEE.
DINAH H. LEWITAN SENIOR COUNSEL Ms. Dinah H. Lewitan is Senior Counsel to Curatolo Sidoti, concentrating on patent counseling including patent infringement and validity analysis, litigation evaluation, novelty and patentability searches and opinions, patent application preparation and prosecution, patent licensing and technology related agreements. She was formerly associated with Weingram & Associates of Paramus, N.J., Rosen, Dainow & Jacobs, of N.Y., N.Y., and Oblon, Fisher, Spivak, Mcclelland & Maier, of Arlington, VA, where she had experience in biotechnology, microbiology, pharmaceuticals, immunology, medical and dental devices, diagnostic and therapeutic methods and kits, prosthetic devices; the chemical arts, chemical processes, polymers, ceramics, alloys, dyes, foods, herbicides and pesticides; and the mechanical arts, toys, sports equipment, jewelry and fashion accessories. Dinah is a member of the Bar of the State of New York, and was formerly an examiner in the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, covering microbiology, molecular and cell biology, recombinant DNA technology, fermentation processes, enzyme technology, hybridomas and monoclonal antibodies, tissue cell cultures, immunoassays, immunology, and diagnostic and therapeutic methods and kits. Dinah has a J.D. from Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law, N.Y., N.Y., and a B.A. Biology, Magna Cum Laude, from Stern College of Yeshiva University, N.Y., N.Y. PETER R. DETORRE ASSOCIATE Peter R. Detorre, Esq. is an associate of Curatolo Sidoti, concentrating on patent and trademark preparation and prosecution. Peter holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biochemistry and a Minor in Chemistry from Case Western Reserve University. He obtained his J.D. from the University Of Dayton School Of Law where he concentrated on Intellectual Property Law and in Technology and the Law. Peter is a member of the Bar of the State of Ohio and is admitted to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. He is a member of the Ohio State Bar Association and the Cleveland Bar Association.
D. ARI SHERWINASSOCIATEAri Sherwin is an Associate with Curatolo Sidoti, concentrating on patent and trademark preparation and prosecution, opinions and intellectual property dispute resolution. He has experience in the chemical, biochemical and biotechnological arts. Ari’s legal experience also includes complex litigation of medical malpractice and products liability matters. During his undergraduate studies, Ari’s research was primarily concerned with secondary pathogens of the respiratory tract because of the high mortality rates associated with hospital-acquired infections and the high incidence in cystic fibrosis patients. As a former drug-free Olympic weightlifter and American record holder, Ari participated in an endocrinology and immunology study in association with the role of amino acid supplementation at the U.S. Olympic Training Center. As a graduate student, he investigated sequential tumor biopsies in early phase clinical trials of anti-cancer agents for pharmacodynamic evaluation at the Oncology-Hematology Division/Department of Medicine at the Ireland Cancer Center. Ari received his B.S. in Biology from The Ohio State University, M.S. in Anatomy from Case Western Reserve University and J.D. from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. He is also a member of the Cleveland Intellectual Property Law Association, Defense Research Institute and Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys, in addition to being selected as a 2008 American Marshall Fellow. Ari is a member of the Bar of the State of Ohio and is admitted to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
VINCENT A. CORTESE REGISTERED PATENT AGENT Vincent A. Cortese, is a technical specialist for Curatolo Sidoti. Vince earned his Bachelor of Chemical Engineering degree from the University of Dayton in 2004, and is currently working towards a J.D. at Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, which he expects to complete in May 2009. Vince is an Associate with Cleveland-Marshall's Journal of Law and Health, as well as a member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, a student member of the Intellectual Property and Science and Technology sections of the American Bar Association, and a student member of the Cleveland Intellectual Property Law Association.
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