Arthur L. Liberman

Education:

Legal:

New York University School of Law
New York, New York
1972 - L.L.M. (Corporation Law)

George Washington University School of Law
Washington, D.C.
1965 - J.D.

Attended Seton Hall University School of Law
Newark, New Jersey
1959 - 1961

Technical:

Columbia University School of Engineering
New York, New York
1957 - M.S.(Chemical Engineering)
1956 - B.S.(Chemical Engineering)

Columbia College
New York, New York
1955 - A.B.(Chemistry)

Bar Memberships:

• District of Columbia
• United States District Court for the District of Columbia
• United States Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia
• United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
• United States Patent & Trademark Office[Registration No. 22,698]
• Canadian Patent Office[Registration No. 3420]

Representative Adjudicated Cases:

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit:

In re Interntional Flavors & Fragrances Inc. No. 98 - 1517 (CAFC 1999, 183 F .2d 136; 51 USPQ2d 1513)

In re Application of BRAJA DULAL MOOKHERJEE et al. No. 81-577 and 81-569

In re Application of Phillip deC. Kratz et al. No. 78-581 (CCPA 1979, 592 F.2d 1169, 201 USPQ 71)

United States Patent & Trademark Office Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences: Interference No. 101,264 [Mark A Sprecker et al. v. Willem Lenselink et al.]

Professional Memberships:

The New York Academy of Sciences

The District of Columbia Bar Association

The New York State Bar Association

New York University Law Alumni Association

American Intellectual Property Law Association

The New York Intellectual Property Law Association

Society of Flavor Chemists, Inc.

Institute of Food Technology

American Chemical Society

Society of Polymer Engineers

Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society

Delta Theta Phi (Professional Law Society)

Alpha Chi Sigma (Professional Chemistry Society)

Intellectual Property-Related Positions Held:

June 30, 2000 - December 31, 2000 - Intellectual Property Consultant at the Law Department International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.

October, 1966 - June 30, 2000 - Patent & Trademark Counsel and Assistant Secretary International Flavors & Fragrances Inc., New York, New York

1965 - October, 1966 - Patent Attorney
General Aniline & Film Corporation (Now International Specialty Products, Inc.)

1961 - 1965 - Patent Examiner
The United States Patent & Trademark Office
Washington, D.C. (Division 60 and Group Art Units 140 and 170) (Polymer and Photographic Arts)

1959 - 1961 - Patent Assistant
Law Department, Merck & Co., Inc.
Rahway, New Jersey

Technical Positions Held:

1957 - 1959 - Chemical Engineer
Engineering Development Group, Chemical Division - Merck & Co., Inc.
Rahway, New Jersey

Summer, 1956 - Chemical Engineer
Mobay Chemical Co.
New Martinsville, West Virginia

Adjunct Teaching Positions Held:

1978 - 1991 - Monmouth College (Now Monmouth University)
West Long Branch, New Jersey (Departments of Mathematics and Business Administration---- Courses in Marketing Management, International Marketing, Management Theory and Practice, Fundamental of Marketing, Business Statistics, Statistics, Mergers & Acquisitions, Bio-Business, Business Law and Market Research

1965 - 1973 - Borough of Manhattan Community College (Department of Mathematics-----
Courses in Fundamentals of Mathematics)

1961 - 1965 - The George Washington University (Department of Chemistry----
Courses in Physical Chemistry Laboratory, Organic Chemistry Laboratory, Qualitative Analysis Laboratory and Quantitative Analysis Laboratory)

1955 - 1958 - Columbia University, School of General Studies (Department of Chemistry----- Laboratory Courses in Organic Chemistry, General Chemistry Qualitative Analysis and Quantitative Analysis)

Seminar Experience:

Vanderbilt University, Department of Chemistry (Toxic Substances Control Act)

Society of Cosmetic Chemists (Patent Law in the Fragrance and Cosmetic Industry)

Society of Flavor Chemists (Intellectual Property Law in the Flavor Industry)

The American Management Associations (Products Liability Law)

The Fragrance Materials Association (Trademarks and Service Marks, as Chairman of the FMA Trademark Committee)

The United States Patent and Trademark Office [(a) examination in the chemistry arts and (b) proposed mathematical models for prediction of confusing similarity]

American Chemical Society (Lecture given at the 182^nd American Chemical Society National Meeting in New York, NY, August 23-28,1981 entitled: ’Me? Liable? It Could Exceed your Wildest Dreams/Nightmares’)

Scottish Agricultural College, Auchincruive, Scotland, U.K. (Patents and Trademarks)

City University of Caracas, Venezuela (Department of Chemical Engineering)

Additional Consulting Clients:

Drexel Burnham Lambert, New York, NY (Patents and Trademarks)

J. Percy for Marvin Richards, Ltd., New York, NY (Trademarks)

Foxrich Corporation, New York, NY (Trademarks and Copyrights)

Young, Kaplan, Edelstein, Zisselman and Ziegler, New York, NY (Patents)

Lectrofood, Inc., Rumson, New Jersey (Patents)

Chemsquad, Inc., New Shrewsbury, NJ (Patents)

Projects Development Corp., New York, NY (Patents)

Hercon Laboratories Division of Health Chem Corporation, South Plainfield, NJ and York, Pa. (Patents)

DLS/Demovsky Law Service Inc., New York, NY (Trademarks)

East Tennessee Undergarment Co., New York, NY (Trademarks)

Inventions:

Co-inventor on U.S. Patents 4,183,965; 4,028,278; 4,036,774; and 4,683,342 and German Patent 2540624.

Publications:

‘Searching the Patent Literature…’; Perfumer & Flavorist, August-September, 1977, Volume 2, page 19

‘The European Patent-Its Impact on the Flavor and Fragrance Industry’; Perfumer & Flavorist, October-November 1979, Volume 4, page 41

Summary of Legal Experience:

As Patent & Trademark Counsel of International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. (1966-2000) I had global responsibility for IFF Intellectual Property matters, including patent, trademark and copyright matters. I handled a number of licensing matters as well as intellectual property aspects of joint research efforts with other corporate entities and universities. I drafted domestic and overseas patent, trademark and copyright applications, handled prosecution of domestic and international patent and trademark applications, successfully handled a number of appeals and interferences and rendered validity and infringement opinions. In addition, I conducted a number of intellectual property seminars at various company locations throughout the world including Netherlands, England, France, Argentina and Brazil.

As Patent Attorney at General Aniline and Film Company (GAF) (1965-1966), I rendered a number of infringement and validity opinions in the photographic technology field, was involved in a number of licensing matters, and successfully handled one patent appeal matter .

As Examiner in the United States Patent and Trademark Office (from 1961-1965), I examined significant numbers of patent applications and handled patent interferences and appeals in the photographic and polymer arts, specifically epoxy resins and electrophotography, including for example, xerography.

At Merck & Co. Inc. from 1959 to 1961 I worked in a liaison capacity between the Research Staff and the Patent Section of the Merck Law Department; and, in addition, I aided in the prosecution of patent interferences and in the preparation and prosecution of domestic and Canadian patent applications.

Summary of Technical Experience:

As a chemical engineer in the Engineering Development section of the Merck & Co. Chemical Division, I was involved with industrial chemical (e.g. monosodium glutamate and lysine) and pharmaceutical (e.g. DIURIL) process scale-up from development to production .

As a chemical engineer at Mobay Chemical Company, I was involved with (a) the pilot plant production of intermediates required for synthesis of polyurethane foam products and (b) determination of the aging properties of newly-developed polyurethanes.