Dinah H. Lewitan has over forty years of experience in intellectual property counseling, concentrating on validity analysis, litigation evaluation, novelty and patentability searches and opinions, patent application preparation and prosecution, patent licensing and technology related agreements.

Dinah initially served as a Patent Examiner at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) responsible for examining patent applications in the fields of 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.

After serving as a Patent Examiner, Dinah entered private practice at Oblon, Fisher, Spivak, McClelland & Maier where she focused on patent matters in the following areas: biotechnology, microbiology, pharmaceuticals, immunology, medical and dental devices, diagnostic and therapeutic methods and kits, prosthetic devices; ceramics, alloys, dyes, foods, herbicides and pesticides.

Education
  • J.D., Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
  • B.A., Stern College of Yeshiva University
Bar and Court Admissions
  • United States Patent and Trademark Office
  • Supreme Court of New York
Interests

In her spare time, Dinah volunteers with a community organization helping disadvantaged families and tutors underprivileged children.