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Erdal R. Dervis

Erdal R. Dervis is resident in Baker Hostetler’s Washington, D.C., office. A registered patent lawyer, Mr. Dervis concentrates his practice on patent and intellectual property law, having additional experience in corporate law and international law. Mr. Dervis prepares and prosecutes patent applications before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and manages patent portfolios and advises on patent rights internationally, including European patents before the European Patent Office. He also counsels clients and prepares opinions on patent validity, patentability, product clearance and infringement of all forms of intellectual property rights. In addition, Mr. Dervis has experience in a wide variety of business and commercial transactions, including those involving the purchase, sale, licensing and joint development of intellectual property. Mr. Dervis has worked with a broad range of technologies, having particular experience with medical and surgical devices, automotive and aerospace technology, consumer products and container technology.

A former National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) graduate research fellow, Mr. Dervis spent a considerable amount of time prior to law school researching and developing advanced aerospace technologies in government-funded laboratories and industry manufacturing centers, including: laser-diagnostic techniques for measuring gas dynamic properties of jets in conjunction with the NASA Langley Research Center; novel wing designs for military and civilian transport aircraft for Lockheed-Martin; and satellite-based information access and distribution systems for less developed countries with a nonprofit international development agency in Washington, D.C.

Mr. Dervis is a member of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society, having been elected by the Princeton Chapter in 1994. While in graduate school, Mr. Dervis was a managing editor of the Virginia Journal of International Law and an instructor in undergraduate courses on rocket propulsion, spaceflight dynamics and orbital mechanics.