 The firm is headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, adjacent to the campus of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, with an affiliate office in Tokyo, Japan.Philippe Signore, Ph.D., is the firm’s Managing Partner and a patent attorney practicing in the firm's Electrical and Mechanical Patent Prosecution group; Patent Litigation group; Counseling and Strategic Advice group and the Industrial Designs group.Ulmus 'Alata'

The elm cultivar Ulmus 'Alata' was first mentioned by Kirchner, in Petzold & Kirchner, "Arboretum Muscaviense" 566, 1864, as "Ulmus montana (