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www.rylanderlaw.com

Patents

Trademarks

Copyrights

Trade Secrets

Unfair Competition

Prosecution

Litigation

Licensing

Business

Counseling

Transactions

Due Diligence

Creatively Protecting Ideas

RYLANDER & ASSOCIATES PC

Trial and Patent Attorneys

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Physical Address:

The Centennial House

406 West 12th Street

Vancouver, WA 98660

Mailing Address:

P.O. Box 250

Vancouver, WA 98666

Phone & Online:

Telephone: (360) 750-9931

Facsimile: (360) 397-0473

Website: www.rylanderlaw.com

E-mail: [email protected]

Patent attorneys who know business.

Trial lawyers who know patents.

Business attorneys who know the

bottom line.

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Copyright © Rylander & Associates PC 2008-2010

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“ Kurt has been very helpful in guiding my Company in the filing, upgrading, expansion and litigation of our intellectual property. Kurt is both enthusiastic about what he does and very knowledgeable about what he does. He is very protective of his clients' IP and I would have no hesitation in recommending Kurt to clients looking for a good Patent Counsel. -Client, 2008

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What do we do?

We serve clients.

We prepare, apply for, prosecute, license, enforce, and

acquire patents, trademarks, copyrights and related

intellectual property for our clients, at home and abroad, in

court rooms and in boardrooms.

We litigate, conduct trials, and handle appeals in all areas of

intellectual property, business disputes, and commercial

claims, in Federal court and in State court, before juries and

before judges.

We represent businesses in formation, organization,

licensing, transactions, mergers and acquisition, dissolution

and winding up.

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I can’t thank you enough for jumping in and taking on the court of appeals mess. … You did an amazing job on the response! -Client, 2009

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How do we do it?

“ “ Kurt is a lawyer's lawyer. He knows the law better than most at-torneys, he considers all sides of the issues, and he offers objective and clear advice. His clients benefit greatly from working with one of the best lawyers I know who also happens to be a business owner, a great family man, and an aggressive trial attorney. -Referring Attorney, November 12, 2008

With honor and hard work.

We cross every “t” and dot every “i”. We act with honor and

integrity in every transaction. We demand the same in

return.

We strive to be as economically efficient as possible. We

integrate technology to maximize our services.

We continually update, upgrade, and seek to improve. We

take criticism seriously. We take praise with gratitude.

We are a small firm with a big mindset. We are patent

attorneys who know business, trial attorneys who know

patents, business attorneys who know the bottom line.

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We provide clients with comprehensive intellectual

property representation.

Patent/Trademark/Copyright Applications and Prosecutions

IP Enforcement, Litigation, Trials & Appeals

Trademark Cancellations & Oppositions

IP Audits & Due Diligence

Licensing, Assignments & Contract Review

We work with clients to protect their intellectual property in whatever form it

takes. We examine and review an umbrella of legal rights, including patents,

trademarks, trade dress, copyrights, and rights protected by contract. We

review various contracts for intellectual property protection, including

contracts for employment, shareholders, and/or third party contracts assigning

work for hire ownership, protecting against unfair competition and providing

for nondisclosure of trade secrets. We assess and draft confidentiality control

procedures for internal company operations, policing of licenses, review of

corporate records for due diligence, and for annual IP audits as well as for

mergers or acquisitions.

We prepare and prosecute applications for patents, copyrights and trademarks

domestically and internationally. We handle intellectual property suits in

Federal courts, and appeals before the Board of Patent Appeals and

Interferences, the Trademark Trial and Appeals Board, and the U.S Court of

Appeals for the Federal Circuit. We provide counseling in the handling and

licensing of trade secrets. We provide counseling regarding idea submissions

and moral rights.

We analyze your business for key revenue generating assets which can and

should be protected, and we work to provide the best fit pragmatically,

economically, and strategically.

INTELLECTUAL

PROPERTY

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Publication of

Application

~18 months

Allowance-pay Issue and

Publication Fees

Office Action

File Patent Application

Specification and

Drawings

Prior art search

Client discloses invention, prior art and other

patent applications

Respond to

Office Action

File Continuation Application, Request for

Continued Examination, Continuation in

Part Application

Appeal F

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Reje

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File Foreign or PCT Application

within 1 year filing a national

stage application or before public

use or publication

Issuance of Patent

Payment of Patent Maintenance Fees

(every 3.5, 7.5, 11.5 years)

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BOARD OF PATENT AP-

PEALS AND INTERFER-

ENCES (BPAI)

SIMPLIFIED PATENT PROCESS FLOWCHART This chart is for informa-

tional purposes and not

to be relied upon as sub-

stantive legal advice.

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We prepare and prosecute patent applications domestically and

internationally.

As experienced jury trial lawyers, we draft patents with a jury in

mind. We understand the difficulty of drafting patent

applications over complicated arts with claims that can be

understood by the typical juror. We know that if the jury doesn’t

understand your invention and can’t read your claims, your

patent value decreases. We identify the core of your invention,

and we protect it.

We help clients develop and execute patent strategies, from the

preparation and filing of patent applications to appeal,

reexamination, reissue and interference. We provide freedom-to-

operate opinions, non-infringement and invalidity opinions,

intellectual property due diligence, and support for mergers and

acquisitions. We counsel clients on how to exploit their patent

assets, including negotiating and drafting licenses and other

contracts.

We handle an array of patent needs. Our attorneys have

substantial experience helping clients obtain, maintain, and

enforce patents. Additionally, we assist clients with patent

prosecution and enforcement strategy, portfolio management,

and evaluation of a competitor’s patent position.

Mechanical & Manufacturing arts

Material Science arts

Software, Web 2.0 & E-commerce

Computer & Semiconductor arts

Electronic & Opto-electronic arts

Business method arts

Sports & Fitness arts

Entertainment, Toy & Game arts

Medical/dental arts,

Engineering arts

PATENTS & INVENTIONS

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Trademark registrations

Appeals, Cancellations & Oppositions

Licensing

Trade Dress identification and protection

We prepare, submit, and prosecute applications for trademark

registration with State, Federal and International authorities. Through

our cancellation and opposition practice we assist our clients in

assuring that similar marks are not registered. We recently helped a

nationally known winery protect their label against another winery

attempting to use a similar label name. As shown in our litigation

section, we have significant experience in trademark and unfair

competition cases. We also handle all aspects of trademark and trade

dress infringement disputes.

TRADE DRESS & UNFAIR COMPETITION

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Client Meeting

Allegations of Continued Use

And Incontestability

Allegation of Use

Issuance—mark with (R)

Publication for Opposition

Notice of Allowance

File Trademark Application

Trademark Clearance/Search

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This chart is for informational purposes and not to be

relied upon as substantive legal advice.

Office Action

Respond to Office

Action

If Office Action overcome

No O

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No O

pposition

Process varies

depending on type

of application

If Final Rejection

If Opposition filed

TRADEMARK

TRIAL AND APPEAL

BOARD

(TTAB)

If a

Peti

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filed

This chart is for information-

al purposes and not to be

relied upon as substantive

legal advice.

SIMPLIFIED TRADEMARK

APPLICATION FLOWCHART

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“ “

Kurt helped me get my trademarks registered at both the state and national level. When we had a dispute over who owned the trademark, Kurt pursued it very diligently. Eventually we won the battle. Later, when I sold the company, Kurt helped get all of the intellectual property rights moved across properly.

Client, 2008

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COPYRIGHTS

We handle all aspects of copyright registration

and enforcement. The computer and the internet

have fundamentally altered the limits of

copyright protection, allowing copyright

registration in the areas of software, databases,

and websites, as well as in traditional areas such

as literature, arts, and music. We aim to secure

the most protection for our clients, regardless of the medium. We have filed

and secured copyright registrations for, among other works, books, artwork,

photographs, sound recordings, lyrics and music, videos and movies, software,

database arrangements, sculptures, graphical user interfaces, furniture, and

poetry.

TRADE SECRETS

We provide counsel in the handling and licensing of trade

secrets, as well as lawsuits to protect those secrets when

misappropriated. We review trade secret processes to see

if there are adequate controls and agreements in place to

maintain trade secret status of proprietary information

(such as price lists, supplier lists, customer lists,

technology, among others). We have secured court

injunctions from the use and dissemination of

misappropriated trade secrets.

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Litigation is the pursuit of practical ends, not a game of chess.

-Felix Frankfurter, Supreme Court Justice

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LITIGATION, TRIALS

We conduct trials and appeals. Mr. Rylander has conducted numerous

jury trials to verdict. He has thousands of court appearances, State and

Federal. We know how to prepare a case for jury trial, and make a case

for the jury, and have done so numerous times.

Mr. Rylander’s experience includes areas such as patent infringement,

patent interference, patent appeal, intellectual property ownership,

trademark opposition, unfair competition, trademark and copyright

infringement, government contracts, federal tort claims, construction disputes,

bid protests, business, corporate and shareholder litigation, and commercial

disputes, among others.

We handle Federal and State appellate work both in and outside of the

intellectual property realm. Recently, we secured a victory in the precedential

opinion by the Federal Circuit, Campbell Pet Company v. Miale et al., 542 F.3d

879 (Fed. Cir. 2008). We also successfully represented clients on appeal in

Custom Auto Interiors, Inc. v. Custom RV Interiors, Inc., Wash. Court of

Appeals No. 35869-7-II, 2008 WL 6693460 (May 20, 2008), pet. denied, No.

81976-9 (Jan. 6, 2009), and Hambleton Lumber Co. v. Balkin Ent., 397 F.3d

1217 (9th Cir. 2005), among others.

We handle disputes concerning intellectual property, commercial, business,

and trade disputes. We help our clients with corporate disputes, such as

shareholder litigation, corporate control contests, suits to pierce the veil, and

labor management disputes.

We have successfully pursued creditor claims for fraud in bankruptcy to deny

discharge. In one proceeding, after trial before the bankruptcy court, our

client was awarded denial of discharge and a judgment of $150,000 which was

upheld on appeal.

We handle probate litigation as well. We have been referred matters a number

of times to defend decedent estates from probate claims, including going

through full probate trial and appeal.

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GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS

We represent government contractors. We handle bid

protests, claims and requests for equitable adjustments

for changes, terminations, differing site conditions, and

delays, among other things. We have experience

representing contractors before the various Federal

boards of contract appeals and before the U.S. Court of

Federal Claims. We handle suits against government

agencies for tortious conduct, unfair business practices,

administrative review of regulations and actions, and

constitutional issues, taking advantage of special

exceptions to the doctrine of sovereign immunity which

normally provides protection to the government from

lawsuits.

In ENSR Corp. v. Associated Universities, Mr. Rylander

was part of a trial team that represented a Federal

contractor in a suit against a DOE Federal facilities

contractor for interference with a hazardous waste

cleanup contract through the operation of a linear

accelerator emitting alpha particles during contract

cleanup. The jury returned a $1.5 Million dollar verdict

for Mr. Rylander’s client.

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Mr. Rylander successfully combines his intellectual property

practice and his government contract litigation experience to

provide the unique specialty of conducting intellectual property

suits against the Federal Government. Most such suits are

required to be brought in the Court of Federal Claims, a

jurisdiction in which Mr. Rylander has significant

experience.

In Blueport Company v. United States, we represented a

small company in a software infringement suit against the

United States Air Force.

In Safran v. United States, we represented an individual in a

software infringement suit against the U.S. Small Business

Administration.

In Gaudet Sheet Metal v. United States, we represented an

inventor in a suit against the U.S. Postal Service on claims of

negligent inspection and unfair competition related to a

novel, patented secure mailbox conversion apparatus.

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We handle business

formation, organization,

transaction, acquisition, and licensing representation. Today it is no longer

the exception, but instead the rule that intellectual property (IP) drives

modern business. Clients and other attorneys ask our attorneys to draft and/

or review business transaction documents, including technology licenses,

assignments, acquisitions, employment agreements, work for hire agreements,

non disclosure agreements, shareholder buy-sell agreements, vendor

manufacturing agreements, among others. Business attorneys ask our firm to

conduct due diligence on the IP aspects of business transactions, including

mergers, acquisitions and buyouts, and to prepare, and record, the paperwork

necessary.

We help entrepreneurs with new IP enterprises. A common scenario involves

an inventor or entrepreneur coming in with a new product idea. We help them

identify what IP could protect the product, as well as guide them on business

formation options, and what types of agreements should be set in place.

We conduct IP audits of employment, vendor, and business relationships. We

review and draft shareholder and employment agreements to cover issues of

noncompetition, nondisclosure, work for hire, and assignment of past, current

and future IP rights, among others. We review trade secret processes to see if

there are adequate controls and agreements in place to maintain trade secret

status of proprietary information (such as price lists, supplier lists,

customer lists, technology), among others.

We review, and help draft, state of the business records for intellectual

property control and ownership issues, including formation documents such as

membership agreements, articles of incorporation, partnership agreements,

buy-sell agreements, shareholder agreements, bylaws, shareholder registers,

annual meetings, board and shareholder resolutions, meeting minutes, written

employee policy manuals and trade secrecy procedures.

We answer the question: What IP does the client have, and how can it

best be protected or secured.

BUSINESS, LICENSING

& TRANSACTIONAL WORK

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CASE STUDIES

Case Study #1. A client came to us after losing a patent priority

interference before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences

(BPAI). The client had represented himself/herself against a large

law firm. Every possible ruling of the BPAI appeared to go against

the client. With only days left in the statutory time limit to appeal,

we recognized that a de novo appeal to Federal District Court

provided a better opportunity for the client than a review on the

record by the Federal Circuit. By quick action and thorough

investigation of all possible witnesses, and navigating the complex

interference legal requirements, we succeed in bringing the client

favorable relief. The BPAI decision was reversed, and priority

awarded to our client.

Case Study #2. A business owner retained us to examine a

competitor’s use of the business owner’s name in a nearby city.

Investigators snapped pictures showing the offending use. The

competitor refused to back down and so we filed suit for trademark

infringement. We succeeded in receiving an injunction for our

client against the competitor’s use of the name, requiring the

competitor to change the name.

“ “ I've always been impressed with Kurt's professionalism and knowledge. I would gladly recommend his services.

-Client, 2008

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Case Study #3. A business person

who created a unique line of furniture

asked us to look into available

protection. We determined the

possibility of protection under trade

dress laws and under copyright law.

We quickly filed copyright applications

on each furniture piece, and had the

applications in place for the client

when the client met with a large

regional retailer. The client received

favorable results after the retailer’s

representative confided that if the

copyright applications had not been

filed, the retailer had intended to just

run the line itself, without making a

deal.

Case Study #4. A business owner retained us to examine actions of former

employees who had left the company and taken up similar positions with

another company. Further, evidence existed that the employees had

transferred vendor and customer and pricing information from their work

computers to disks and removed the disks from the work place. Through quick

action we secured a temporary restraining order, later converted to a

preliminary injunction against the employee working for the competitor, and

against use of the confidential client information.

Case Study #5. A business owner and inventor asked us to examine acts of

the Postal Service. The Postal Service had “approved” for placement in rural

mailboxes a patented secure mailbox conversion device. After the client had

incurred significant costs in running a line and marketing the invention, the

Postal Service, without explanation, voided the “approval” leaving the client

out significant sums. Through suit in Federal District Court, we succeeded in

providing favorable relief for the client to compensate this damage.

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Mr. Rylander is a veteran trial

attorney and a registered patent

attorney. After receiving his law

degree with cum laude honors and

serving on law review, he practiced law in Washington, DC for a number of

years before returning to the Pacific Northwest. He has tried numerous jury

trials to verdict. He has successfully argued before the Ninth Circuit and the

Federal Circuit appellate courts, among others.

He has handled cases for patent, trademark, and copyright infringement, as

well as government contract cases and general litigation. He has secured

preliminary injunctions against infringement, trade secret misappropriation,

and against hiring of key personnel in violation of noncompetition agreements.

He has prosecuted numerous patent applications in the mechanical, chemical,

software, and electrical arts, among others. He has conducted successful

patent appeals before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences. He is

one of the few patent practitioners to handle a Section 146 civil action in

District Court to review (and successfully reverse) a priority interference

decision by the BPAI. He has prosecuted trademark applications and

successfully handled opposition proceedings before the Trademark Trial and

Appeals Board.

He has spoken in the U.S. Capitol for the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of

Commerce, re-broadcast on C-SPAN, and conducted numerous seminars for

public and private entities. He has authored and co-authored numerous

articles. He has coached mock trial teams and served as a

mock trial judge. He has conducted CLEs on a variety of

legal topics. He is a regular guest lecturer at Washington

State University on Negotiation.

He served as Lawyer Representative to the Ninth Circuit

from the Western District of Washington. His peers

elected him this September as President of the Clark

County Bar Association. He is a Trustee and member of

the Nominating Committee of the Federal Bar Association

fo the Western District of Washington. He has served on

State and Local judicial evaluation committees to make

recommendations on judicial candidates for appointment

by the Governor.

KURT M. RYLANDER

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Registered: Patent Attorney, U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, Canadian Patent Office

Licensed: Washington, Oregon, and District of Columbia

Courts: U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Ninth Circuit, and D.C.

Circuit; U.S. Court of International Trade; U.S. Court of Federal Claims, U.S. District Courts

for the District of Columbia, Western and Eastern Districts of Washington, District of

Maryland, District of Oregon, Eastern District of New York pro hac, Middle District of

Florida pro hac, District of Utah pro hac

Member: American Bar Ass’n (Sections on Intellectual Property), American Intellectual Property Law

Ass’n, Oregon State Bar Ass’n, Washington State Patent Law Ass’n, Washington State Bar

Ass’n (Sections on Intellectual Property and Litigation), District of Columbia Bar Ass’n,

Clark County Bar Ass’n, American Inns of Court, Rotary

Education Juris Doctor, cum laude honors

Honors: Law School Dean's Fellowship for Excellence in Academics

Am. Jur. Award for Excellence in Conflict of Laws

Law Review Member

Law Review writing contest award winner

Articles: Stealth Expert, Intellectual Property Today (December 2008)

Inventors' Rights Act of 1999 Gives Inventors New Weapon, WSTLA Trial News

Protecting Your Invention, Vancouver Bus. Journal

Saving a Disappearing Exemption to CERCLA Liability, NYU Envt’l Law Jrnl

Scanwell Plus: Challenging Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreement Awards, ABA Public

Contract Law Journal

A Review Of Federal Laboratory Credentials, American Environmental Laboratory

Is This The End Of Federal Minority Contracting?, The Federal Lawyer

Recent: Guest Lecturer, Negotiation and the Law, Washington State University (2005-present)

Activities: Chair & Presenter, Practical Ethical Dilemmas, Wash. State Bar Ass’n CLE (2009)

Panelist, Graduate Fellows Program, Lewis & Clark Law School (2009)

Chair & Presenter, Pre-filing Considerations-From Intake to Complaint Filing, WSBA

Litigation Bootcamp, Washington State Bar Ass’n CLE (2009)

Panelist, Lincoln on Professionalism, Wash. State Bar Ass’n CLE (2009)

Speaker, Inventors and Invention, Camp Invention, Franklin Elementary (2008)

Speaker, Civil Practice in the Federal & State Courts of Washington-A Selective Comparison,

Clark County Bar Ass’n CLE (2008)

Panelist & Moderator, Ethical Dilemmas for the Practicing Lawyer-In House Counsel, Wash.

State Bar Ass’n CLE (2008)

Panelist & Moderator, Interview with U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman, Clark County

Bar Ass’n CLE (2008)

Panelist, Practical Ethical Dilemmas re Experts, Wash. State Bar Ass’n CLE (2007)

Speaker, Law Firm Practice Management, Clark County Bar Ass’n CLE (2007)

Speaker, Corporate Recordkeeping for Fun & Profit, Clark County Bar Ass’n CLE (2006)

Speaker, Overview of Intellectual Property, Clark County Bar Ass’n CLE (2005)

Assistant Coach, Ridgefield High School Mock Trial Team (2001, 2002)

Judge, Oregon Fall Mock Trial Demonstration (2001)

Interests: Marathon runner; Cyclist; Triathlete; Ju Jutsu Black Belt

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Mr. Beatty is a registered patent attorney. His

practice includes intellectual property litigation,

protection, acquisition, application, prosecution, and

licensing.

After graduating from the United States Naval

Academy with a B.S. in Engineering, he served as a

Commissioned Officer in the United States Navy,

serving aboard the U.S.S. Rodney M. Davis FFG 60

and the U.S.S. Nimitz CVN 68 where he achieved

qualification as a Naval Nuclear Engineer. After

service, he worked for several years as an engineer for

SEH America in silicon wafer manufacturing.

Mr. Beatty has represented clients before juries, in

court, and on appeal.

Mr. Beatty has drafted and prosecuted patent

applications in the mechanical, medical/dental,

manufacturing, and electrical arts, among others. He

drafts and reviews patent reexamination requests.

He handles third party submissions of

prior art to the Patent Office. He reviews

and drafts small business buy-sell

agreements where intellectual property is

a key asset. He reviews intellectual

property licensing and technology

transfer agreements. He consults with

clients on a wide range of intellectual

property issues.

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MARK E. BEATTY

Registered: Registered patent attorney, USPTO

Licensed: Washington, Oregon

Federal: U.S. District Court, W. Dist. of Washington,

U.S. Court of Federal Claims pro hac,

U.S District Court, District of Oregon pro hac

Education: B.S. Engineering in Nav. Arch.,

U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD

Juris Doctor,

Lewis & Clark Law School, Portland, OR

Honors: Cornelius Honor Society,

Lewis & Clark Law School

Award, Outstanding Oral Advocate,

Moot Court Competition,

Lewis & Clark Law School

Lieutenant, United States Navy

Qualified Naval Nuclear Engineer

Member: Washington State Bar Association

Oregon State Bar Association

American Inns of Court

Activities: Speaker, How to Keep your Secrets Safe, Clark

County Chamber of Commerce (2009)

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Mr. Hunt, a registered patent attorney, serves as Of Counsel

to the Firm. Mr. Hunt is a registered patent attorney. His

practice includes intellectual property enforcement,

protection, acquisition, application, and prosecution.

Mr. Hunt holds Bachelor, cum laude, and Masters degrees in

Electrical Engineering.

He served in the U.S. Navy as a commissioned officer and

was awarded the title of Naval Nuclear Engineer. After

retiring from active duty, Mr. Hunt worked in the

telecommunications industry as an engineer before becoming

a patent attorney. As a patent Attorney, Mr. Hunt has handled after becoming a patent

attorney, Mr. Hunt

His experience includes prosecuting numerous patent applications for some of the largest

technology companies in the world. His patent work includes wireless communication

networks, fiber optic filters, circuits, microprocessor architecture, cryptography, router

hardware and software, RFID, and vibrational energy harvesting, among others.

He has served in litigation support and strategic information management. He has

performed patent portfolio due diligence and evaluation for a corporate acquisition. He has

handled due diligence in patent litigation. He has performed patent portfolio due diligence

and evaluation in support of corporate acquisitions and mergers. His clients have included

Fortune 500 and NYSE Listed corporations. He has drafted and handled patent licensing

regimes.

Prior to law school, Mr. Hunt worked as a telecommunications and sales engineer,

including at WorldCom, GST Telecom, and Enron.

While an engineer, he valuated fiberoptic communication technologies for Enron, and

designed Designed several interstate fiber optic communications systems. Managed the

budget for the design, construction and testing of these systems. Negotiated equipment

purchase contracts with equipment vendors. Contracted and supervised design, installation

and testing teams. Evaluated new fiber optic communications technologies in the

WorldCom labs, including laser transmitters, dense wave division multiplexing and optical

amplifier systems

In the Navy, Mr. Hunt was a Naval Nuclear Engineer, a Watch Officer, and a Repair

Division Officer. He served about the USS California (CGN-36)

HUNT R. M. PHILIP Of Counsel

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Registered: Registered patent attorney, USPTO

Licensed: Oregon and Washington

Education: B.S. Electrical Engineering, cum laude

University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND

M.S. Electrical Engineering, cum laude

University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI

Juris Doctor,

Lewis & Clark Law School

Member: Oregon State Bar

Washington State Bar

American Inns of Court

Honors: Naval Officer, U.S. Navy, USS California

Navy Nuclear Engineer, USS California

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We strive to look at our client’s problems from different perspectives.