Colin W. Kreutzer

Colin advises clients through all stages of patent prosecution, including drafting applications, responding to office actions, holding examiner interviews, and conducting appeals. He serves clients in a variety of technological fields, including semiconductor manufacturing, aerospace, environmental science, and electron microscopy.

While a primary patent examiner at the USPTO, Colin received the Department of Commerce Bronze Medal for excellence. He issued final decisions for hundreds of U.S. patent applications, wrote Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) patentability reports, and responded to appeal briefs before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). Within the agency, Colin was a member of the User-Centered Design Council for improving examination tools. His primary areas of examination included microlithography and related semiconductor manufacturing systems for producing integrated circuits, LEDs, display devices, and other electronics, as well as precision motion stages, optical measuring and testing systems, excimer lasers, and plasma EUV radiation sources.