Professional Summary

Donald Cress Reiley has distinguished himself as a Patent Attorney and Patent Examiner/Classifier at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office where he was a senior examiner for more than thirty years. During his career, he established himself as an expert in the metallurgical and chemical materials arts including manufacturing technologies. As a senior examiner, he initiated the patent interference in the landmark case of Crimmins and Breakfield v. Reid, holding that patentees as junior parties in patent interferences have the burden of priority of invention by a preponderance of the evidence.

Mr. Reiley also distinguished himself at the Patent Academy as one of the authors and graders of the Patent Bar Examination for lawyers to be admitted and licensed as Patent Attorneys.

Currently, Mr. Reiley counsels clients on the patentability of inventions before the Patent Office in the chemical and metallurgical arts and assists clients in expediting patent prosecution of applications before the U.S. Patent Office.