Mr. Skillman serves as the firm's Treasurer and concentrates his practice in representation of individuals and U.S. and foreign business organizations in the preparation, filing and prosecution of patent, trademark and copyright applications, and counseling and opinions regarding infringement and validity, and related matters.
Mr. Skillman received his B.S. in General Engineering with a specialty in textile technology from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his J.D. from Temple University and was admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar in 1955.
Mr. Skillman, a fourth-generation patent attorney, has been in the private practice of patent, trademark and copyright law as a patent and trademark agent and an attorney since 1950 and served the Philadelphia and American Intellectual Property Law Associations as well as the Section of Intellectual Property Law of the American Bar Association as Chairman of their respective committees on practice before the Patent and Trademark Office and has written articles relative to the Patent Office Rules of Practice. Mr. Skillman is the firm’s designee for the International Trademark Association. In addition, Mr. Skillman has served on the Executive Board of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Synod of the Lutheran Church of America and as Secretary of the Board of the Lutheran Retirement Homes in Philadelphia, and is Treasurer of Calvary Lutheran Church in West Chester, Pennsylvania. Mr. Skillman serves on the advisory board and is the Treasurer of the American Society of Inventors in Philadelphia. Mr. Skillman is listed in Who's Who in American Law.