Dennis D. Brown, Shareholder/Director

Dennis D. Brown is a registered patent attorney, with over 20 years experience, practicing primarily in the areas of patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, transactions, litigation, licensing, and related matters. Prior to attending law school, Mr. Brown worked for six years as a process engineer for a Fortune 500 petrochemical company. As an engineer and as a patent attorney, Mr. Brown has dealt with an extremely wide range of technologies, systems, processes, materials, and devices.

Practices

• Intellectual Property
• Intellectual Property Litigation

Education

• University of Tulsa College of Law (J.D., with honors, 1989) Order of the Curule Chair; Member, Tulsa Energy Law Journal, 1988-1989
• Oklahoma State University (M.B.A., 1985)
• Texas A&M University (Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, magna cum laude, 1980)

Related News & Events

• Fellers Snider Attorneys Recognized In the 2010 Edition of Best Lawyers in America

Bar Admissions

• U.S. Supreme Court, 2004
• U. S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 2003
• U. S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma, 2003
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, 1995
• U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma, 1989
• Registered to Practice Before the United States Patent Office, 1989
• Admitted bar, 1989, Oklahoma

Representative Matters & Clients

• Petroleum Production & Refining
• Catalysts & Fuel Synthesis
• Ethanol Production & Fuel Cells
• Fischer Tropsch Processes
• Polymers & Detergents
• Plastics, Pigments, & Adhesives
• Desalination & Cogeneration
• Waste Water Treatment
• LNG Systems & Storage
• Carbon Nanotubes
• Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery
• Furnaces & Burners
• Power Tools, Valves, & Pumps
• Engines & Catalytic Converters
• Vehicles & Sound Abatement
• Magnetic Float Polishing
• Pressure Relief Devices
• Transportation Equipment
• Centrifugal Blasting & Mining
• Food Cooking, Freezing & Processing
• Pasteurization
• Pathogen Detection & Reduction
• Decontamination, Chemical & Biological
• Methods of Doing Business
• Financing & Insurance Methods
• Trolling Motors & Boats
• Fishing Equipment
• Global Positioning Systems
• Golfing Equipment
• Gardening Materials & Equipment
• Exercise Equipment
• Camping Equipment
• Grain & Feed Processing
• Electrolyzed Water
• Medical Equipment

Articles & Publications

Mr. Brown is the author of Changes in U.S. Patent Law Resulting From The Uruguay Round Agreements Act, The Oklahoma Bar Journal, Vol. 66, No. 30, 1995 and Software And Other Computer-Implemented Inventions: The Federal Circuit Strengthens Patentability , The Oklahoma Bar Journal, Vol. 66, No. 37, 1995.

Professional Memberships

• American, Oklahoma (Member, Section on Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law)
• Tulsa County Bar Associations
• American Intellectual Property Law Association

Awards & Honors

• Selected by his peers for inclusion in the 2009 edition of The Best Lawyers in America
• AV Peer Rated, Martindale-Hubbell