Wayne Grohs is an intellectual property lawyer focusing on the preparation and prosecution of chemical, mechanical, and electrical engineering patent applications for a broad range of technologies including power generation equipment and systems, mobile communications, robots and robotic systems, medical scoping devices and surgical devices, compositions for blood clotting applications, soap formulations, personal hygiene products, and firearms.
Wayne prepares and prosecutes U.S. patent applications and oversees and coordinates the prosecution of foreign patent applications, handling a variety of issues from filing to grant. In his U.S. practice, he attends to all phases of preparation and prosecution including appeal and opinion work. With regard to foreign applications, he communicates extensively with foreign associates and oversees and coordinates the prosecution of foreign patent applications including European, PCT, and national stage applications.
Prior to becoming an intellectual property attorney, Wayne’s experience in the chemical engineering field included formulating anti-wear lubricant additives and various corrosion inhibiting compounds, formulating and testing colloidal suspensions of solid lubricants in oil bases for potentially marketable rheological qualities, synthesis and scale up of bench scale processes to pilot plant production, and quality control testing of chemical products and waste using instrumentation and wet-chemistry methods.
Prior to law school, Wayne attended the University of New Haven where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering with a concentration on math. His undergraduate project focused on crystallography and the lab-creation of aluminum oxide compounds for industrial applications. After law school, he served as a guest speaker at the University of New Haven and presented lectures pertaining to intellectual property and engineering ethics to undergraduate and graduate students.
