Aerospace technologist and patent expert witness

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Areas of Expertise:  Patent infringement, evaluation and challenges  Space systems contract disputes and anomaly reconstruction  Launch vehicle and satellite due diligence  Technology evaluation & anomaly reconstruction  In-orbit accident and collision reconstruction  Aircraft accident reconstruction, due diligence, and evaluation Summary of Expert witness experience:  Over 30 years of expert witness experience  Principal patent witness on several satellite technology infringement cases  Successfully carried out a very important ex parte patent challenge  Served in aircraft accident and MRO compliant cases  Deposed many times in multi-hundred-million-dollar cases  Testified in Federal District Court Marshall H. Kaplan, Ph.D., has been an expert witness and technical consultant on many litigations involving aircraft, satellites, contracts and intellectual property issues. He has served as a technical consultant in contract disputes, accidents and major technology export violation cases. He has been deposed many times and has testified in Federal District Court. Dr. Kaplan received a B.S. in Aeronautical Engineering from Wayne State University, followed immediately by a master's degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics from M.I.T. After four years of industrial experience, Dr. Kaplan attained a Ph.D. degree in Aeronautical and Astronautical Sciences from Stanford University. During his 13-year tenure as Professor of Aerospace Engineering at the Pennsylvania State University he was a recipient of the Award for Outstanding Achievement in Research in the College. He taught several aeronautical and astronautical engineering courses. In aeronautics, he taught aircraft power plants, flight test engineering, aircraft stability and control and aircraft autopilot design. Dr. Kaplan has been a pilot since 1968, and holds a multi-engine, instrument rating. He has logged more than 4,000 hours of flight time and has owned, operated and maintained six different aircraft. Dr. Kaplan is intimately familiar with aircraft systems, power plants, maintenance requirements and procedures and manufacturing techniques. He also taught many astronautics courses including spacecraft and launch vehicle design, orbital mechanics, space propulsion and power and advanced astrodynamics. Dr. Kaplan served as Chief Engineer on two launch vehicle programs. He has also served as a researcher and senior space advisor to NASA and the US Department of Defense. Dr. Kaplan is affiliated with several professional organizations, e.g., a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, a Fellow of the American Astronautical Society and a full Member of the International Academy of Astronautics. Books Modern Spacecraft Dynamics and Control, M. H. Kaplan SPACE SHUTTLE: America's Wings to the Future, M. H. Kaplan Acquiring Major Systems Contracts: Bidding Methods and Winning Strategies, M. H. Kaplan Examples of Patents Attitude Acquisition Maneuver for a Bias Momentum Spacecraft Apparatus and Methods for Orbital Debris Removal Apparatus and Methods for Creating Artificial Geosynchronous Orbits