Attorneys

J. Robert Dean
Partner
jrdean@ogrp.com
(203) 327-4500 x136
Mr. Dean prepares and prosecutes patent applications and renders legal opinions, and provides intellectual property counseling for a range of national and international clients.
Mr. Dean’s practice is focused on technology areas including catalysts and catalyst systems, pharmaceutical dosage forms, pharmaceutical intermediates and end products, lubricants, emulsion polymers, polymeric surfactants, surfactants for oilfield applications, silicones, acrylic latexes, skin conditioners, cleansers, cosmetic compositions and plastic dispensing tubes.
Before joining OGRP in 2000, Mr. Dean was Patent Counsel for Dow Chemical for 12 years. His responsibilities included preparation and prosecution of U.S. and foreign patent applications, prosecution of foreign oppositions, rendering of opinions, worldwide counseling regarding intellectual property matters, and negotiation and drafting of various agreements, including joint development and licensing agreements. His experience at Dow Chemical was in the technological areas of polymer films and foams, detergents, antimicrobials, cellulose chemistry and plastic zipper bags.
Mr. Dean teaches advanced patent prosecution at the Practising Law Institute in New York City and is the Secretary of the Connecticut Intellectual Property Law Association.
Mr. Dean was elected to the Arkansas Academy of Chemical Engineers in 2016.
Education
– University of Arkansas, BS, Chemical Engineering,
– Washington University in St. Louis, Graduate Study (Materials Science)
– Michigan Molecular Institute, Graduate Study (Polymer Science)
– University of Arkansas, JD
Admissions/Affiliations
Registered Attorney, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
– Michigan
– Ohio
American Intellectual Property Law Association
Connecticut Intellectual Property Law Association
Arkansas Academy of Chemical Engineers
Practising Law Institute, New York City

Mr. Dean prepares and prosecutes patent applications and renders legal opinions, and provides intellectual property counseling for a range of national and international clients. Mr. Dean’s practice is focused on technology areas including catalysts and catalyst systems, pharmaceutical dosage forms, pharmaceutical intermediates and end products, lubricants, emulsion polymers, polymeric surfactants, surfactants for oilfield applications, silicones, acrylic latexes, skin conditioners, cleansers, cosmetic compositions and plastic dispensing tubes.
Before joining OGRP in 2000, Mr. Dean was Patent Counsel for Dow Chemical for 12 years. His responsibilities included preparation and prosecution of U.S. and foreign patent applications, prosecution of foreign oppositions, rendering of opinions, worldwide counseling regarding intellectual property matters, and negotiation and drafting of various agreements, including joint development and licensing agreements. His experience at Dow Chemical was in the technological areas of polymer films and foams, detergents, antimicrobials, cellulose chemistry and plastic zipper bags.
Mr. Dean teaches advanced patent prosecution at the Practising Law Institute in New York City and is the Secretary of the Connecticut Intellectual Property Law Association.
Mr. Dean was elected to the Arkansas Academy of Chemical Engineers in 2016.
Education
– University of Arkansas, BS, Chemical Engineering,
– Washington University in St. Louis, Graduate Study (Materials Science)
– Michigan Molecular Institute, Graduate Study (Polymer Science)
– University of Arkansas, JD
Admissions/Affiliations
Registered Attorney, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
– Michigan
– Ohio
American Intellectual Property Law Association
Connecticut Intellectual Property Law Association
Arkansas Academy of Chemical Engineers
Practising Law Institute, New York City
30 Years of Experience in Intellectual Property
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More than 30 years serving as intellectual property counsel to general practitioners, general counsel, patent in-house counsel, corporate executives, entrepreneurs, artists and big thinkers.
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More than 30 years serving as intellectual property counsel to general practitioners, general counsel, patent in-house counsel, corporate executives, entrepreneurs, artists and big thinkers.
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