A. Shay Canfield

Shay Canfield is a Technical Advisor and Group Director at Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, P.C. She assists attorneys in design and plant patent applications and in prosecution of patent applications in the biotechnology fields. Ms. Canfield assisted in drafting Orchidaceae, Asphodelaceae/Hemerocallis, and Cannabaceae plant patent applications. She has also published zoological discussions of the Belgian horse in America and Europe, including evolutionary trends, history of the breed, specific adaptations of the modern horse, and changes in phenotype via centuries of selective breeding.

She assists attorneys in preparing unusual and/or complicated patent prosecution documents before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, such as Petitions to Accept Color Drawings, Petitions to Revive, Requests under Rule 48 Correcting Inventorship, Petitions to Restore Priority, reissue applications, Petitions to Make Special, Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH), Quick Path Information Disclosure Statements (QPIDS), and third party submissions.

Ms. Canfield’s 20+ years of experience in a law firm includes processing complex data streams, independent research, public speaking, and training other employees of the law firm. Ms. Canfield has assisted with the preparation and actual presentation of lectures to attorneys and staff on many topics including: