Anthony A. Hartmann

As a registered patent attorney, Anthony practices before the USPTO, managing patent portfolios; prosecuting ex parte reexaminations and reissue applications; arguing ex parte appeals before the appeals section of the PTAB; and filing and defending inter partes review (IPR) proceedings before the trials section of the PTAB. His technical expertise is diverse and includes working with hydrogenation processes, tire composition and manufacturing, diesel particulate filters, polymers (including polyethylene, polypropylene, PET, polyurethane foam, recycled polyester, isoprene/styrene latex, and polyimides) and polymeric systems, optical/electrical cables, solar cell devices, fuel cells, flow batteries, liquid crystal displays, specialty steels, pharmaceuticals, ophthalmic solutions, lithium batteries, biofuel manufacturing, lubricants, catalyzed soot filters, synthetic stone, and exchange resins.

Anthony has extensive client counseling experience, providing clearance, infringement, and validity opinions, as well as conducting due diligence investigations and portfolio reviews. He has represented clients in numerous technology areas, ranging from a leading petrochemical company regarding its metallocene PE technologies, to a variety of established and startup energy companies regarding their renewable biofuel technologies.

Anthony is involved in all aspects of patent litigation before the ITC and in federal district courts, including coordinating fact and expert discovery; conducting depositions; and briefing discovery, summary judgment, claim construction, and post-trial motions. His litigation work spans a wide variety of technologies, including m-polyethylene, polyimides, fluoropolymers, alkaline batteries, solar cells, jet engines, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and other small molecules (including metallocene catalysts), vinyl flooring, medical devices, chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) slurries, and battery chargers.

Prior to joining Finnegan, Anthony worked at a patent firm, representing domestic petrochemical companies in litigation and patent interferences, particularly in the field of metallocene chemistry and related polymers. Before law school, he worked at Eastman Kodak Co. as a process-development engineer, focusing on the scale-up of photographic film manufacturing processes from laboratory to pilot plant to manufacturing. Anthony earned a professional engineering license from the State of New York.

Anthony devotes a portion of his time to pro bono matters. He has represented several veterans in appeals before the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (CAVC), and prisoners in appeals before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court. He has been listed on the Capital Pro Bono Honor Roll.