David A. Zdurne gained admission to the State Bar of Michigan in 2005, and thereafter became registered to practice before the U. S. Patent and Trademark Office as a patent attorney.  He graduated in 1999 from the Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI) College of Engineering with a B. S. in Chemical Engineering, and he graduated in 2004 from the University Of Detroit Mercy School Of Law (Detroit, MI).
 
Mr. Zdurne has four years of Intellectual Property experience prior to becoming a registered Patent Attorney.  While attending law school and thereafter, Mr. Zdurne transitioned from an Legal Intern to a Corporate Patent Attorney at an Engineering company where he assisted in the preparation and registration of intellectual property rights, with a particular emphasis in automotive patents directed at structural members, such as, space frames, bumpers, door beams, and truck beds.   Prior to law school, Mr. Zdurne participated in the development of automotive lubricating oils for major OEMs.
 
As an associate, Mr. Zdurne has performed application and registration procedures for intellectual property rights, including preparing and prosecuting patent applications before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the International Examining Agencies through the Patent Cooperation Treaty, with a particular emphasis in a broad range of chemical, mechanical, and electro-mechanical patents.  Mr. Zdurne has additional patent preparation and prosecution work in various technologies including aerospace devices, biotechnology processes, medical devices, electronic entertainment devices, and food preparation and packaging devices.  More recently, Mr. Zdurne has been involved in assisting in the preparation of legal opinions regarding patent validity and infringement.