Douglas M. Crockatt
Overview
Douglas (Doug) Crockatt is an associate in the Intellectual Property Group in the firm's New York office, focusing on patent law. As a registered patent attorney with over a decade of experience drafting and prosecuting patent applications before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and advising clients as both in-house and outside counsel, Doug has a proven track record in advancing innovation by securing IP protection of clients' inventions.
Career & Education
- IBM Corporation
Intellectual Property Attorney, 2021–2024
Patent Professional Intern, 2014–2019
- IBM Corporation
- Dartmouth College, A.B., 2015
- Dartmouth College, B.E., 2016
- Fordham University School of Law, J.D., 2019
- New York
- District of Columbia
- Supreme Court of the United States
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
Douglas's Insights
Client Alert | 2 min read | 06.12.25
Acting USPTO Director Coke Morgan Stewart issued a Director Discretionary decision on June 6, 2025, in iRhythm Technologies Inc. v. Welch Allyn Inc., IPR2025-00363, -00374, -00376, -00377, and -00378 Paper 10 (PTAB June 6, 2025). This decision granted Patent Owner’s request for discretionary denials of institution in five related IPR challenges. It follows several recent Director decisions that have all discretionarily denied petitions for reasons other than the substantive merits of the challenges. However, this decision is the first one that relies upon “[s]ettled expectations of the parties, such as the length of time the claims have been in force,” a new consideration that was first articulated in the USPTO’s “Interim Process for PTAB Workload Management” memorandum (“Interim Memo”) dated March 26, 2025.
Douglas's Insights
Client Alert | 2 min read | 06.12.25
Acting USPTO Director Coke Morgan Stewart issued a Director Discretionary decision on June 6, 2025, in iRhythm Technologies Inc. v. Welch Allyn Inc., IPR2025-00363, -00374, -00376, -00377, and -00378 Paper 10 (PTAB June 6, 2025). This decision granted Patent Owner’s request for discretionary denials of institution in five related IPR challenges. It follows several recent Director decisions that have all discretionarily denied petitions for reasons other than the substantive merits of the challenges. However, this decision is the first one that relies upon “[s]ettled expectations of the parties, such as the length of time the claims have been in force,” a new consideration that was first articulated in the USPTO’s “Interim Process for PTAB Workload Management” memorandum (“Interim Memo”) dated March 26, 2025.
