Attorneys
Attorneys
Thomas J. Wallen
Eugene H. Eickholt
Thomas J. Wallen, P.E.
Attorney at Law, L.L.C.
P.O. Box 458
Fredericksburg, VA
22404-0458
Phone (877) 7-WALLEN
(877) 792-5536
Fax (540) 372-7255
Thomas J. Wallen
Our principal, Thomas J. Wallen, graduated with a Bachelors of Science in Chemical Engineering from the Catholic University of America, and completed a Masters of Chemical Engineering from the University of Virginia. He received his Juris Doctor degree from the Appalachian School of Law, where he was Editor of the Appalachian Journal of Law and a member of the Moot Court. He additionally served an internship with the Superfund Enforcement Division of the United States Environmental Protection Agency. Mr. Wallen has been admitted to the Virginia Bar, the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, the Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He is also a registered Professional Engineer in the Commonwealth of Virginia. He belongs to the Virginia Bar Association Section for Intellectual Property, The American Bar Association Section for Intellectual Property and the Section for Science & Technology, The American Intellectual Property Law Association, and The American Institute of Chemical Engineers.
Mr. Wallen served 12 years as a Patent Examiner with the United States Patent & Trademark Office, where he examined biotechnology, electrical, chemical, and mechanical applications from a myriad of arts.
(1) THIS WORK WAS PERFORMED WITH THE PATENT OFFICE; (2) CASE RESULTS DEPEND ON A VARIETY OF FACTORS UNIQUE TO EACH CASE; (3) CASE RESULTS DO NOT GUARANTEE OR PREDICT A SIMILAR RESULT IN ANY FUTURE CASE UNDERTAKEN BY ANY MEMBER OF THE FIRM.
Noteworthy among his decisions where he was affirmed by the Federal Circuit is In re Baxter Travenol Labs., 21 USPQ2d 1281 (Fed. Cir. 1991), annotated to 35 U.S.C.S. § 102.
Mr. Wallen founded Rappahannock Engineering, Inc., and was President for 13 years. Among his accomplishments was the development of proton conductive membrane materials for hydrogen fuel cells, and processes for membrane production. Recent publications in this area include Sulfonated Styrene-Based Proton-Conducting Membranes, Wallen et al., Polymer Materials Science & Engineering 2002, 86, 33, A.C.S. This paper was selected for presentation at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, April 10, 2002, in Orlando, Florida. Mr. Wallen also produced polymer coatings for in vivo implantation in the human body, such as pacemaker leads and synthetic heart valves. See Block Copolymer Hydrogels for Biomedical Applications, Wallen et al., The Second Annual Conference for the Development of Technology in Medicine in Virginia, University of Virginia, Charlottesville VA, Nov. 2, 1999.