About John
John Faro educated first as a scientist after which as an attorney. He earned a B.A. in Chemistry and Biology from Northeastern University in 1966 and finished his J.D. at Boston University School of Law in 1969. Those two degrees shaped a career that has combined technical work and intellectual real estate law for more than 5 decades.
After law program he joined E.I. du Pont de Nemours as a patent lawyer in the Industrial and Biologics Division. That early position placed him at the intersection of laboratory research and patent practice. Over the subsequent decade he moved through in-house patent positions in manufacturing and technology firms. In 1971 he labored in the Plastics Division at Owens-Illinois. The following yr he accepted a patent lawyer role in Material Sciences at Xerox in Rochester, New York. In 1978 he served as Assistant Licensing Counsel in the Chemical Division at B.F. Goodrich in Independence, Ohio.
In 1981 Faro took patent counsel roles at Baxter Healthcare, then running under the name American Hospital Supply. He treated things for the Diagnostic Products Division in Miami and an Endoscope Division in Stanford, California. That period included each prosecution and counseling duties tied to clinical gadgets and associated technologies. He additionally helped establish an expert team in South Florida; he used to be a co-founder of the South Florida Intellectual Property Association and participated in that company at some point of the 1980s.
In 1986 he left company practice to establish his own company, Faro & Associates. He has run the private practice since then. His registration as a patent attorney before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, mixed with admissions that consist of Massachusetts and the Federal Circuit, has allowed him to handle federal claims and patent prosecutions throughout forums.
Faro’s profession displays continuous service in patent law throughout numerous industrial sectors: chemical compounds, plastics, materials, medical devices and diagnostics. He has balanced in-house roles that required close technical collaboration with outside counseling and prosecution work. On a private note, he is a certificated personal pilot under FAA guidelines, a qualification that surfaces occasionally in conversations approximately technical activities and pursuits.
Now in personal practice at Faro & Associates, he continues to provide patent prosecution and patent counseling to client inventors and firms. His recent practice concentrates on patent prosecution, patent counseling, and associated highbrow estate matters.
