Areas of Expertise

Patent Prosecution

Advice Concerning Patent Infringement, Validity and Patentability Issues

Professional Summary
Mr. Froebrich’s practice concentrates in the prosecution of utility and design patent applications in the United States Patent and Trademark Office. He also has extensive experience counseling clients in freedom to operate and patentability matters. Mr. Froebrich has counseled clients and prosecuted applications concerning electronic and optical communications devices, wireless communications devices and networks, electronic circuit design and devices, semiconductor devices, digital signal processing, controls for vehicle navigation devices, software, vehicle clutches and transmissions, and printing presses.

His practice is international in scope and he works with foreign associates to prosecute international and national patent applications in foreign countries and areas such Europe, Japan, China, Canada, Mexico, Australia, and Latin and South Americas. He advises clients regarding the developments in the foreign applications and instructs foreign associates regarding the prosecution of the foreign applications.

Education
J.D., Pace University School of Law, 1993
B.S., Electrical Engineering, Manhattan College, 1988

Admissions
New York
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Memberships
New York Bar Association

Articles
“Ask the Expert: Did Broadcom act unethically concerning Bluetooth?,” Electronic Business

“Commentary: Supreme Court Update - KSR v. Teleflex and the Determination of Obviousness,” by Alfred Froebrich, Partner & Alan Morrison, Partner