Joseph D. Eng Jr

Dr. Eng

is a senior associate in King & Spalding’s New York Intellectual Property Practice Group.

Dr. Eng’s practice includes patent litigation, patent prosecution, and transactional matters. Dr. Eng has represented clients in patent infringement lawsuits in federal district courts across the United States as well as before the International Trade Commission, in cases involving microelectronic devices, optical fibers, medical devices, and respiratory protective devices. Dr. Eng’s litigation experience includes representing Fortune 100 companies, as well as small-start up companies.

Dr. Eng is registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. He has worked on numerous patent prosecution matters in the fields of pharmaceuticals, cosmeceuticals, consumer electronics, fuel cells, biofuels, petroleum refining, polymers and automotive parts. He has drafted numerous patent applications and has successfully prosecuted patent applications to grant in jurisdictions around the world. In addition, Dr. Eng has served as an Adjunct Professor at Seton Hall University Law School, where he taught classes on patent drafting and prosecution.

Dr. Eng has experience drafting non-infringement, invalidity, and freedom-to-operate opinions. He has also performed due diligence reviews in connection with patent licensing and corporate mergers and has drafted and negotiated license agreements and other types of technology transfer agreements.

Dr. Eng holds a Ph.D. in physical chemistry from Columbia University, and B.S. degrees in both chemistry and physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Eng has worked as a post-doctoral fellow at Exxon’s Corporate Research Center and at Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies. He was also a Member of Technical Staff at Bell Labs, where he was in charge of developing a research program in semiconductor surface characterization.

Dr. Eng is an author or co-author of 30 technical papers, including two invited reviews. Dr. Eng has also given more than 25 technical talks throughout the United States and abroad, including five invited lectures. Dr. Eng was awarded the Fordham University Legal Writing Award for excellence in legal writing in 2004.

Good to know

Areas of Practice 1) Pharma Intellectual Property , 2) Section 337 Investigations , 3) Patents and 4) Intellectual Property
Law School J.D., Fordham University
Education Massachusetts Institute of Technology (B.S., Chemi
Bar Member / Association State bar of New York
Most recent firm King & Spalding LLP
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