Nicholas S. Whitelaw

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Nicholas S. Whitelaw received a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering in 1988 from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, during which time he took a co-op assignment in 1987 at Allied Automotive, Bendix Fiction Materials Division. Mr. Whitelaw became a Patent Examiner in the United States Patent and Trademark Office in 1988 and remained in that position until taking a law clerk position at a Washington, D.C. area law firm in 1992. Mr. Whitelaw joined The Law Office of Everett G. Diederiks, Jr. (later Diederiks & Whitelaw, PLC) in 1996 where he established himself as an important source of technical and legal expertise while concentrating on conducting patentability, infringement, and validity searches and preparing U.S. based patent applications.

Education

• B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1988
• George Mason University School of Law, Patent Specialty Degree 1994

Bar Admissions

• Connecticut State Bar
• District of Columbia Bar
• United States District Court – District of Columbia
• United States District Court – Connecticut
• United States Patent and Trademark Office, Registered Patent Attorney
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
• U.S. Supreme Court

Professional Affiliations

• Connecticut Bar Association
• District of Columbia Bar Association
• American Bar Association (ABA)
• American Intellectual Property Lawyers Association (AIPLA)