Michael A. Makuch

Michael A. Makuch is a partner in the Intellectual Property section of Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP.

He practices in the Firm’s offices in Washington, D.C.

Mr. Makuch practices before the United States Patent and Trademark Office in connection with cases covering a broad range of electronic subject matters such as interactive control systems, artificial intelligence, video signal processing, image forming machines, integrated circuits including device fabrication technology, photovoltaic cells and measurement and detection systems. Mr. Makuch also has extensive experience in the optics and electro-optics arts including optical neural networks, learning networks, interconnection systems, lasers and fiber optics. He further has many years of mechanical and electrical practice expertise in the art of semiconductor processing and cutting equipment. Mr. Makuch has an extensive trademark practice and is an active member of the International Trademark Association (INTA), serving on INTA’s meetings and programs committee.

Mr. Makuch is a graduate of Yale University where he received a B.S. degree with a concentration in electrical engineering, in 1980. He earned his J.D. degree from Case Western Reserve University, in 1984.

Mr. Makuch is a member of The District of Columbia Bar, The Ohio Bar, The American Bar Association, The Bar Association of the District of Columbia, The Optical Society of America, The Japan-America Society, The American Intellectual Property Association, The International Trademark Association (INTA), the Yale Engineering Association and is an officer in the Brookdale Citizens Association.