Omri M. Behr
Legal Work
Patent and Trademark solicitor. Patent activities lie principally in the areas of organic chemistry, biochemistry and immunology for the past thirty years. Most of the American inventions handled are of academic origin. (Two of clients are Nobel honorees.)
Nature of legal work in patents: drafting and prosecution of patent applications as well as appeals before the Board of Appeals and contesting interferences. Trademark activities: solicitation and opposition. Other intellectual property matters: copyright and licensing.
Fluency in German and French enables acceptance of correspondence in this language, translation of original texts into English and oral discussion of problems directly with clients.
Court and Bar Admissions
Member of CCPA (CAFC) since 1977, U. S. Supreme Court since 1977, U.S.P.T.O. since 1966, U. S. District Court of New Jersey since 1967. Admitted to New Jersey Bar in 1967 and New York Bar in 1968.
Experience
Law Office Senior Member/Partner
Patent Attorneys
| Selitto, Behr & Kim, Edison, New Jersey | 2000 - Pres. |
| Behr & Adams, Edison, New Jersey | 1981 - 2000 |
| Omri M. Behr, Princeton, New Jersey | 1976 - 1981 |
| Behr & Woodbridge, Princeton, New Jersey | 1974 - 1976 |
| Omri M. Behr, Newark, New Jersey | 1972 - 1974 |
| Cifelli & Behr, Newark, New Jersey | 1969 - 1972 |
| Lerner, David & Behr, Newark, New Jersey | 1968 - 1969 |
Law Office Associate: Patent Attorneys
| Osterlenk, Faber, Gerb & Soffen, New York, NY | 1967 - 1968 |
Corporate Law
| Merck & Co., Rahway, New Jersey Patent Trainee, Agent, and Attorney |
1963 - 1967 |
Research Chemist
| U.S. Rubber Co. Inc., Wayne, New Jersey | 1961 - 1963 |
Education
| LLB/JD | Seton Haull Univ, New Jersey | 1966 |
| Fellow | NIH Post Doctoral Fellow. Columbia Univ. New York | 1960/61 |
| Ph.D. | Organic Chemistry, University of Glasglow, Scotland | 1961 |
| M.A. | Chemistry. Christ Church, Oxford Univ. | 1960 |
| B.Sc. | Organic Chemistry. Christ Church, Oxford Univ. | 1958 |
| B.A.Hons. | Chemistry. Christ Church, Oxford Univ. | 1956 |
Representative Clients
ACADEMIC
Rutgers University, Tulane University
CHEMICAL
Degussa A.G; Fujimoto Chemical Company; Link Laboratories, Nippon Shokubai K.K. Co., Ltd., Yu Kong Chemical Co, LigoChem Inc.
INDUSTRIAL
Magla Products, Karl Meyer Textilmaschinenfabrik GmbH., R-Tec Technologies, Inc
HEALTH CARE
Bactex, Inc.; Flemington Pharmaceutical Co., Fresenius A.G.; Jacobus Pharmaceutical Company,
Professional Societies
LEGAL
American Bar Association, New Jersey Bar Association, Middlesex County Bar Association
PATENT
International Federation of Counsels in Industrial Property, American Industrial Property Law Association
INDUSTRIAL
Director, Midatlantic Venture Capital Group (1989-1991). Member, Small Business Council Raritan Valley Chamber of Commerce.
ACADEMIC
Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry in 1976., Chartered Chemist (U.K.) in 1976. European Chemist (1994), Royal Institute of Chemistry (U.S. Section), Hon. Sec., from 1968 to 1974. Phi Lambda Upsilon.
Publications
"Electroetch III- Lets set the record straight" (with Marion Behr), Printmaking Today 7, #4 (1998); "An improved method for steel facing copper etching plates" Leonardo, 30, #1, 47, (1997); "Etching and Tone Creation Using Low- Voltage Anodic Electrolysis" (with Marion Behr), Leonardo 26, #1, 53, (1993), "Ecologically safe etching" (with Marion Behr), Chemtech 21, 210, (1991), "Build Strong Patents on Strong Notebooks," Chemtech 12, 440, (1982), "The Prescient Microbe - or Where to Deposit a Foreign Body," 56 Journal of the Patent Office Society, 28, (1974); "Relay by Communications Satellites - Copyright Infringement Liability," 31 Journal of Air Law and Commerce, 311, (1965).
Technology
Coinventor (with Marion Behr) of new acid free, environmentally safe graphic etching process US Patents 5 102 520, 5 112 453. (Patent of the Week N.Y. Times 05/02/92)
Honors and Awards
Charles E. Lindbergh Fund: Arts and Humanities Grantee (with Marion Behr) for investigation of Low Voltage Electrolytic Etching 1993/4
Listings
Listed in: Marquis Who's Who In America, Martindale Hubble (a/v)
Public Service
SMALL BUSINESS ADVOCATE
Legal and legislative work on behalf of homebased business (with wife Marion Behr) since 1982. Specifically, cooperated in preparation of testimony and rebuttal testimony to US House of Representatives, Labor Committee regarding Hatch bill and regarding Committee inquiry on clerical homework. Testimony to New Jersey Senate on telecommunications bill. Legislative Co-Chair and Member of Nominating Committee of National Assn of Homebased Business. Elected New Jersey Delegate to the 1986 White House Conference on Small Business. Co-Chair of Homebased Business issues. (Passed as Issue No.21 of the final 60 national issues). 1986 New Jersey Governor's Conference on Small Business: Moderator. Lecturer, U. S. Department of Energy Licensing Seminars 1983 - 1987.
COMMUNITY
Member, New Jersey Small Business Development Advisory Board, 1988 - 1996 Member of Edison Township NJ Rent Control Board 1984-94. Republican County Comitteeman, Middlesex Cty, New Jersey 1989-94. Member, Industrial Commission, Branchburg Township NJ 1998-
PUBLICATIONS
"The End of (Home/Work) Prohibition", Entrepreneur, 15, #7, 130 (1987); (with Marion Behr): "Zoning Ins and Outs", Entrepreneur Magazine Guide to Homebased Businesses 3, #2, 46 (1988); "Homebased Business, Following the Rules" Entrepreneur 16, 230 (1988).