Professional experience
Timothy French is the Managing Principal of Fish & Richardson P.C.'s Boston office. His practice emphasizes patent and trademark prosecution in the United States and foreign countries, over a broad range of technology, with experience in patent and trademark licensing, trademark oppositions, patent and trademark related acquisitions, and some litigation and patent interference work. Mr. French is also the supervising attorney for firm Foreign and Trademark Departments. He has three years prior experience as process and materials engineer for E.I. du Pont De Nemours and Company and four years as plant engineer and manager with Tenneco Chemicals, Inc.

Prosecution examples
Prosecuted patent applications in a variety of fields including medical devices, equipment and procedures, fluid flow and fire protection sprinkler systems and devices, fruit transport, packaging and ripening equipment and procedures, food processing and formulations, personal care products, musical instruments, fuel dispensing nozzles, sports equipment and packaging, welding machinery, heavy construction equipment, footwear and clothing, polymers, fibers and non-woven materials, optics, electro-mechanical devices, and plant and designs. Extensive prosecution of trademarks in the United States, Canada, and in most countries of the world, including "STEINWAY®" pianos and "ZILDJIAN®" cymbals.

Bar admissions
Registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Admitted to the bar in Massachusetts.

Additional information
Active in the U.S. Trademark Association (Planning Committee), AIPLA (Trademark Practice Committee) and Boston Patent Law Association (President-elect, Board of Governors).
Selected to
Super Lawyers Massachusetts, Intellectual Property 2004-2009. Listed in 2007 and 2008 editions of Best Lawyers in Intellectual Property Law.
Member of the board of directors of the Massachusetts State Science and Engineering Fair.