Our Team

Eric Nuss spent 11 years developing his technology expertise by working as a radar systems engineer designing, analyzing, modeling, and testing various airborne radar systems. Eric has added various legal expertise to his technical expertise including patent drafting and prosecution, patent opinions and counseling, and patent litigation. Eric has worked with a wide range of technologies including electronic circuits, devices, and systems, storage devices, LCD displays, semiconductor devices, cryptographic systems, communication systems (mobile, internet, powerline, wireless, and optical), computer systems and hardware, software, and business methods. Eric oversees the work of the attorneys in the Electrical Engineering and Business Methods group. Eric’s expertise helps him obtain the best intellectual property protection for his clients. Eric enjoys using his legal and technical expertise to help clients solve their business problems by providing the best legal advice possible to reach desirable business objectives.

Eric enjoys training other attorneys and working with attorneys and staff in teams in order to provide our clients the best possible service. Raising five children has taught Eric valuable lessons in working with others and helping others to learn and to grow.

Eric enjoys cycling in the Maryland country side. Also, Eric enjoys providing service in his church and has served in various leadership positions in his local congregation.

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Gideon Eckhouse brings his experience from a graduate biochemistry program, a top intellectual property law school, and a Federal court to the service of KramerAmado's clients. Gideon drafts Freedom to Practice, Noninfringement, and Invalidity opinions as the foundation for Hatch-Waxman Paragraph IV Certifications and for a variety of biotechnology, chemical, and nutraceutical corporations. Gideon assists the Directors of KramerAmado in counseling clients and finding ways to accomplish their goals. As the point-person for the firm's trademark practice, Gideon evaluates the availability and registrability of proposed marks, files and prosecutes trademark applications, and pursues and defends Oppositions before the Trademark Trial and Appeals Board.

Gideon consistently strives to mentor and coach newer associates. He is also very active in the DC/VA/MD legal community and is among the most active associates in meeting other lawyers and scientists in the area during a variety of networking events. He enjoys a good vodka tonic, so feel free to "buy" him a drink at the open bar.

Gideon is the commissioner of the firm's fantasy football league and March Madness pool. He also enjoys playing golf, is active in the local Jewish community, and maintains a thriving fish tank at home and a much smaller one on his desk.

Gideon is a member of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee for INTA.

Janani Ravi is part of the Chemical and Biotechnology IP search group. Her background includes molecular and cellular biology, stem cell technology and immunology. Janani utilizes her scientific background and experience to conduct a focused search on various projects including, patentability, invalidity and freedom to operate searches.

Prior to joining Kramer IP, Janani interned at the Technology Commercialization Office at OSU. She drafted patent applications and office action responses in the areas of immunology, molecular diagnostics and small molecule pharmaceutical technologies.

Janani received her Ph.D in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology at The Ohio State University. During her graduate studies, Janani studied the effect of synthetic Cannabinoid agonists against lung cancer and delineated the role of S100A7 in breast cancer. She utilized molecular, stem cell and biochemical techniques to target EGFR receptor against lung and breast cancer. She is an author/co-author of 8 peer-reviewed articles in various scientific journals.

Kiran offers strategic guidance and assistance in the preparation and prosecution of patent applications. He works closely with clients to develop and implement intellectual property strategies that help them to maximize their technological innovations.

His counsel extends to all stages of patent prosecution, including developing concepts into patentable products; preparing infringement and validity studies; filing for provisional and non-provisional patent applications; assisting in all stages of patent prosecution, and preparing patentability opinions.

Kiran is particularly experienced in preparing and prosecuting patents in various technological fields that span several technologies such as, electrical engineering, computer science and engineering, life science and chemical arts. He also helps clients negotiate licensing agreements and develop strategy for his client’s patent portfolios.

Kiran’s training in biomedical engineering, electrical engineering, and computer science gives him an in-depth understanding of the technologies behind his clients’ inventions. He has worked with many different types of technologies including semiconductor devices, electronic circuitry, OLED displays, color sampling algorithms, digital cameras, and optical devices.

Kiran has also advised clients in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical and medical device industries on gene expression, drug delivery compositions, RNA processing and polymer technologies.

Prior to joining the firm, Kiran worked at boutique intellectual property firms in New York, NY and Washington, D.C. and in the intellectual property practice group of a large, full service law firm.

Publications:
“Financial Reform and Recovery Enforcement Act,” 13 Duq. Bis. L.J. 119, Duquesne Business Law Journal, January 13, 2011
“Addictive Disorders in Nutritional Diseases,” Addictive Disorders in Medical Populations, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., September 2010
“International Food Law and Policy,” Springer Academic Publishing, Expected Publication 2015, Co-Editor
“International Farm Animal, Wildlife & Food Safety Law,” Springer Academic Publishing, Expected Publication 2016, Co-Editor

Speeches:
“Interdisciplinary Approaches to International Food Law,” at Johns Hopkins University - School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD
“Introduction to U.S. Jurisprudence, Patent Law and Technology Licensing: Less Attention to Food Labeling Laws and More Attention to the Plant Patent Act,” at La Comunicazione Pubblicitaria Tra Contratto e Informazione, Perugia, Italy

Min Shin is a technology specialist in the mechanical practice group. He performs patent research in a variety of fields, including automotive, biotechnology, robotics, aeronautics, business methods and mechanical systems.

Before joining the firm, Min was employed as a Patent Examiner by the USPTO. At the USPTO, Min examined patent applications in the business methods art unit specializing in incentives and marketing. Min also worked as a project engineer and has an extensive experience in water treatment processes and fluid systems design.

Min graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a double major in Mechanical Engineering and Business Administration. Min is also fluent in Korean. In his free time, Min and enjoys fishing and stimulating conversations.   

Dr. Thomas A. Powers is a Patent Agent and researcher in the chemical and biotechnology practice group. Tom focuses on preparation and prosecution of U.S. and PCT patent applications in a variety of fields, including chemistry, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals, and semiconductor chip fabrication and packaging.

In addition to prosecuting patent applications on behalf of domestic clients, Tom is experienced in working with international clients. He has prosecuted original and U.S. national stage applications on behalf of clients from Europe and Asia. He has also worked with foreign law firms to obtain international patent protection for his clients.

Before joining the firm, Tom was employed as a Patent Examiner by the USPTO. At the USPTO, Tom examined Patent Applications relating to laminated materals, optical disks, superconductive devices, and polymeric articles.

Tom is a physical organic chemist with extensive research experience at the undergraduate and graduate level. He conducted research in organic electrochemistry and molecular modeling under the supervision of Dr. Albert J. Fry at Wesleyan University.

Tom later conducted research on heteroatom NMR spectroscopy at the University of North Carolina under the supervision of Dr. Slayton A. Evans, Jr. His research focused on use of lanthanide shift reagents in oxygen-17 NMR spectroscopy.

Tom enjoys pulp fiction, and collects original pulp magazines. Some of his favorite pulp magazines include science fiction and fantasy pulps, such as Planet Stories, Thrilling Wonder Stories, and Weird Tales. He also owns first editions of rare early pulp collections. His other interests include movies and music. Some of his favorite films are film noir, American silent comedy and German silent film. He collects jazz and classic rock records.

Tom runs KramerAmado's Monthly Movie Night. If you're in town on the second Tuesday of the month, stop by, grab some popcorn, and see a show!     

Selected Research Publications:

        "Albert J. Fry, Thomas A. Powers, Klaus Muellen, and Wolfgang Irmen; “Electrochemical behavior of layered annulenes,” Tetrahedron Letters (1985), 26(40), 4879-82."

"Albert J. Fry and Thomas A. Powers, “Electrochemical reduction of (1-bromo-2,2-dimethylpropyl)benzene in dimethylformamide on carbon electrodes,” The Journal of Organic Chemistry (1987), 52(12), 2498-501."

"Thomas A. Powers, Lee G. Pedersen, and Slayton A. Evans, Jr.; “Oxygen-17 NMR studies of heterocyclic sulfones and trans-2-(alkylsulfonyl)cyclohexanols utilizing the lanthanide shift reagent Eu(FOD)3,” Phosphorus, Sulfur, Silicon, and the Related Elements (1991), 59(1-4), 499-504."

"Thomas A. Powers and Slayton A. Evans, Jr., “Lanthanide induced oxygen-17 NMR shifts of diastereotopic oxygen atoms in 1-thiadecalin 1,1-dioxide and related compounds,” Tetrahedron Letters (1990), 31(41), 5835-8."       ""

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