Dr. Demchick met the rigorous requirements for admission to practice in patent matters before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). These requirements included passing the patent bar examination. Handling patent matters before the patent office is highly specialized and "regular lawyers" are not permitted to represent clients before the USPTO on patent matters. Proper handling of patent applications and related matters requires the unusual combination of technical and legal knowledge.

Dr. Demchick has over a quarter of a century of research experience in industrial, academic, and governmental settings. He has done diverse consulting and published articles in prestigious journals. He is an award-winning educator.

Dr. Demchick brings his expertise, energy, experience, and talent to helping clients obtain patent protection for their inventions.

Many patent agents avoid clients who are individual inventors seeking patent protection, preferring to deal with big companies. This is understandable because independent inventors with little experience in patent matters often have more questions, and require more careful explanations since the world of patents is new to them. However, that interaction with clients is a large part of what Dr. Demchick enjoys about handling patent applications.

Dr. Demchick prepares and files non-provisional (regular) patent applications and provisional patent applications. He prepares and files utility patent applications and design patent applications. He prepares and files U.S. patent applications and international patent applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT). He prepares and files applications to enter the U.S. National Phase for inventions for which international patent applications (PCT) were already filed. One of the matters he discusses with each client or potential client is which type of application(s) best meets that client's needs. He usually does a patent search as part of the preparation of a patent application. He discusses the value of patent searching with each inventor before agreeing to prepare a patent application for that inventor.

Although he lives in New Zealand, where he is a faculty member at a polytechnic, he works with inventors from around the world. Over half of his clients are in the United States.

At Drexel University, he earned a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Chemistry. At Indiana University (Bloomington), he earned a Masters of Arts (M.A.) in Biology and a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Microbiology.

Member of the Intellectual Property Section of the North Carolina Bar Association