Manley Cummins is admitted to practice in Alabama and by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. He is practicing in Tennessee subject to Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 7, Article X, Section 10.07 pending admission to practice in Tennessee.
Manley Cummins is counsel in the firm’s Intellectual Property Procurement and Portfolio Management practice group. Prior to joining the firm, Manley served as a patent consultant at an intellectual property (IP) consulting firm in Australia. His experience includes prosecuting more than 40 US patent applications in additive manufacturing technologies, advancing compact prosecution strategies and accelerating allowance timelines. He also served as the primary liaison between the vice president of IP and United States Patent and Trademark Office examiners, translating business objectives into strategically tailored claim amendments. He leveraged examiner insight to anticipate and resolve rejections, build examiner rapport, and advise executive leadership on claim scope, continuation strategy, and portfolio alignment with commercialization goals.
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