Shareholder
SCOTT A. HOGAN
Shareholder
Scott has a strong passion for helping innovators and
business owners—because he has been both. With several U.S.
and foreign patents to his name, he is as comfortable on the
manufacturing shop floor as he is at a research symposium.
business owners—because he has been both. With several U.S.
and foreign patents to his name, he is as comfortable on the
manufacturing shop floor as he is at a research symposium.
SCOTT A. HOGAN
Scott has a strong passion for helping innovators and
business owners—because he has been both. With several U.S.
and foreign patents to his name, he is as comfortable on the
manufacturing shop floor as he is at a research symposium.
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CREDENTIALS
Bar Admissions
State of Michigan
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
Distinctions
Michigan Super Lawyers® Rising Star 2013-2020
Education
GMI Engineering & Management Institute
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Wayne State University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Wayne State University
Memberships and Associations
American Intellectual Property Law Association
Michigan Intellectual Property Law Association
Mensa
Michigan Intellectual Property Law Association
Mensa
Professional Experience
R&D Manager in the automotive industry
University researcher in biomaterials science and engineering
University researcher in biomaterials science and engineering
Technology Specialties
Mechanical and electromechanical arts, as well as polymers, and the material sciences
Publications and Presentations
- The Ascension of the Abstract Idea Exception, first appeared as Expert Analysis Chapter 2 in the 12th Edition of The International Comparative Legal Guide: Patents 2020, published by Global Legal Group Ltd, London, 2019.
- Scott Hogan is a contributing author to The International Comparative Legal Guide to Patents 2019, 9th edition. Scott wrote a chapter entitled "Can We Just Be Reasonable?" in which he explores the Broadest Reasonable Interpretation standard at the USPTO.
- Method Claiming in the United States: The Who, What, and Where of Enforcement, first appeared as Chapter 2 in the eighth edition of The International Comparative Legal Guide to Patents 2018, published by Global Legal Group Ltd, London, September 2017
- The Great Divide: Sorting Out Method Claims and Multiple Actors by E. Colin Cicotte and Scott A. Hogan. This article first appeared in IAM Yearbook: Building IP value in the 21st century 2017, a supplement to IAM, published by Globe Business Media Group, IP Division. To view the guide in full, please go to www.IAM-media.com.
- Panelist and speaker at sixth Advanced Summit on Medical Device Patents: Comprehensive and Practical Prosecution and Litigation Strategies for an Evolving IP Landscape, presented in New York, NY, by American Conference Institute, February 2016
- Quoted in article En Banc Fed. Circ. Shifts Functional Claim Analysis With New Means-Plus-Function Rule, published in BNA’s Patent, Trademark & Copyright Journal, Daily Edition, 06/17/2015
- Making Sense of Non(ce)sense—Seeking Broad Claim Coverage and Avoiding Unwanted Means-Plus-Function Treatment, published in BNA’s Patent, Trademark & Copyright Journal, 90 PTCJ 1869, 05/01/2015
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Reising professionals made a strong showing at the Midwest Regional
Reising professionals made a strong showing at the Midwest Regional round of the 2023 National Patent Application Drafting Competition, hosted by the USPTO on March 4, 2023. Shareholder Shannon Smith ...
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Scott Hogan contributed an Expert Analysis Chapter
Scott Hogan contributed an Expert Analysis Chapter to the 12th Edition of The International Comparative Legal Guide: Patents 2020, published by Global Legal Group Ltd. The chapter is entitled ‘The A...
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SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
Scott Hogan recently spoke to the Michigan Intellectual Property Law Association
Reising Shareholder Scott Hogan recently spoke to the Michigan Intellectual Property Law Association about developments in functional claiming since the Federal Circuit’s 2015 en banc opinion in Wil...
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Scott A. Hogan
Shareholder
Scott has a strong passion for helping innovators and business owners—because he has been both. With several U.S. and foreign patents to his name, he is as comfortable on the manufacturing shop floor as he is at a research symposium. He has hands-on experience across a broad spectrum of fields, from biopolymers and polymer solution chemistry to electric generators and automotive components.
Scott has been with the firm since 2007 and has developed expertise in a variety of technologies, including laser-based manufacturing processes, nanomaterials and nanotechnology, and microfabricated devices. His practice fortes include patent preparation, domestic and foreign patent prosecution, clearance opinions, all areas of trademark, and copyright registration and licensing.
Scott has been with the firm since 2007 and has developed expertise in a variety of technologies, including laser-based manufacturing processes, nanomaterials and nanotechnology, and microfabricated devices. His practice fortes include patent preparation, domestic and foreign patent prosecution, clearance opinions, all areas of trademark, and copyright registration and licensing.