Dr. Henry Heines has over 30 years of experience prosecuting patents and rendering analyses in patent cases. He has a vast knowledge of diverse areas, including organic and inorganic chemistry, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, biotechnology and medical devices. His practice further extends to nanotechnology as applied to drug delivery systems, metal alloy microstructures, and ceramics, including inventions involving carbon nanotubes. Although his practice is concentrated in patent prosecution, he often provides litigation support for patent litigators, including detailed patentability, validity and infringement studies. Dr. Heines works directly with engineers and scientists as well as in-house counsel in preparing and obtaining patents for clients in the United States and abroad. He also prepares patent, trade secret and technology transfer licenses and confidentiality agreements for his clients.

In the United States alone as of 2007, Dr. Heines has obtained 90 patents for the University of California, 60 for Aerojet General Corporation and its affiliates, 125 for Bio-Rad Laboratories, and hundreds more for other clients. He has also obtained counterparts of many of these patents in countries throughout the world. 

Dr. Heines has chaired sessions on patent law at national American Institute of Chemical Engineers meetings and is a patent editor for Chemical Engineering Progress, a monthly publication of the AIChE, for which he writes a periodic “Patent Update.”