Professionals
Practice Areas
- Automotive Practice
- Patents
- Utility, Design, and Plant Patent Filing with the USPTO
- Product Clearance
- Foreign & PCT Patent Filing
- Strategic IP Portfolio Development and Management
- Electrical Engineering Practice
- Computer Science Practice
- Artificial Intelligence Practice
- Opinions
- Right to Practice Opinions
- Invalidity Opinions
- Non-infringement Opinions
- Patentability Opinions
Technologies
- Artificial Intelligence
- Automotive Technology
- Computer Science & Software
- Electrical Engineering & Electronics
- Internet & E-Commerce
- Medical Devices
- Optics
- Semiconductor Devices & Processing Methods
- Telecommunications
Honors
- MSIC Blue Chip Cash Award awarded by Defense Intelligence Agency
- Partners in Education Award awarded by the Missile and Space Intelligence Center
Admissions
- District of Columbia, 2007
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 2007
- State of Georgia, 2005
Education
University of Georgia School of Law School, J.D., cum laude, 2004
- Intellectual Property Club
- Black Law Student Association
- Christian Legal Society
Tuskegee University, B.S., Electrical Engineering, summa cum laude, 1998
- Distinguished Scholarship Award
- Golden Key National Honor Society
- Dean's List
- Tuskegee University Men’s Basketball Team co-captain
Duane Minley concentrates his practice on drafting and prosecuting patents for electrical, software, and mechanical inventions. In particular, Duane has experience with issues related to quantum technology; wireless communications including cellular technology and mobile phones; semiconductor devices; telecommunications; the Internet; 2D/3D imaging and processing; computer memory devices; processors; nanotechnology; and helicopters. Additionally, Duane focuses on obtaining patents in computer technologies including artificial intelligence (AI)/machine learning; computer hardware; databases; networks; operating systems; cloud computing; and software applications. He also has researched and prepared opinions. Duane has experience with medical devices, including DNA characterizing devices, bio-sensing devices, and the like. Duane also counsels start-up companies and universities. Prior to joining Cantor Colburn, he studied a variety of foreign weapon systems including missile and radar systems for the Missile and Space Intelligence Center (MSIC) which is a component of the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA).
Experience Highlights
Partner, Cantor Colburn LLP, 2021-present
Counsel, Cantor Colburn LLP, 2018-2020
Associate, Cantor Colburn LLP, 2006-2017
Associate, Sughrue Mion, PLLC, Washington, D.C., 2004-2006
Law Clerk, Legal Aid Defender's Clinic, Athens, GA., 2003-2004
Intelligence Officer, US Defense Intelligence Agency/Missile and Space Intelligence Center, Huntsville, AL., 1999-2001
Events
- October 5, 2023Seattle
Cantor Colburn Partner Duane Minley hosts a Roundtable Discussion on Mentorship and Sponsorship at the Driving Diversity in Law & Leadership conference October 5, 2023, in Seattle.
Professional Affiliations
American Bar Association
Georgia Intellectual Property Section of the Georgia Bar
Intellectual Property Owners Association
Community/Civic Involvement
Special Emphasis Program Manager for EEOC and Affirmative Advancement and Hiring of all Minority Groups in Federal Employment
School Volunteer at Stonewall Tell Elementary
