ALAN M. KAGEN received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Tulane University in 1989. Mr. Kagen received his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Baltimore in 1993.

While pursuing his engineering degree, Mr. Kagen worked with engineers at the Consumer Product Safety Commission designing testing devices and performing tests on and analyses of numerous consumer products. In 1989, he joined the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office as an Examiner, examining patent applications pertaining to land and motor vehicles. Mr. Kagen concurrently attended the night program at the University of Baltimore Law School, where he was the Comments and Notes Editor for the University's Intellectual Property Law Journal.

Mr. Kagen joined Nixon & Vanderhye P.C. in 1995. He has prosecuted many patent applications relating to mechanical and electrical technologies, business methods and e-commerce and has prepared opinions on the infringement and validity of specific patents. He has also successfully argued before the Patent Office Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences. Mr. Kagen also provides IP portfolio analyses and valuation and counsel regarding IP acquisitions.

Mr. Kagen is admitted to practice in Virginia and Georgia and before the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the Courts of Appeals for the Fourth and Eleventh Circuits, and the District Courts for the Eastern District of Virginia and the Southern District of Georgia. He is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office.