EMPLOYMENT

Kinney & Lange, P.A., Minneapolis, Minnesota

Associate, 2004 - Present

Law Clerk, 2003 - 2004

• Patent prosecution

EDUCATION

University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Juris Doctor, cum laude, May 2004

• Royal Stone Scholarship Recipient

• Dean's List

University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin

Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering, with honors, December 2000

• Fred W. and Josephine Colbeck Scholarship (outstanding engineering student)

• Robert J. Mensel Scholarship (outstanding engineering student)

• Tau Beta Pi Engineering Society

EXPERIENCE

Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner and Kluth, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Law Clerk, Summer 2002

• Drafted patent applications, office action responses, and other matters related to the prosecution of patent applications

Accenture, Chicago, Illinois

Analyst, 2001

• Member of development team on "Southwest Bell Technician of the Future" project - coordinated with database managers to convert existing database infrastructure to Oracle database

Computer Aided Engineering, Madison, Wisconsin

Computer Consultant, 1998 - 2000

• Provided technical assistance to engineering students and faculty at UW-Madison

• Taught computer tutorial programs

Alliant Techsystems, Hopkins, Minnesota

Summer Intern, 1997 and 1998

• Assisted with research into IC chip packaging methods (Wire Bond, TAB, Chip Scale, Flip Chip)

• Statistical Process Control (Six Sigma) of production line

ACTIVITIES

American Bar Association

Minnesota Intellectual Property Law Association

ADMISSIONS

Supreme Court of the State of Minnesota

United States District Court for the District of Minnesota

United States Patent and Trademark Office

PRESENTATIONS

2011 Kinney & Lange Seminar – Patent Crowdsourcing: Anything You Can Do a Crowd Can Do Better

 

2010 Kinney & Lange Seminar – Patentable Subject Matter: In re Bilski

 

2009 Kinney & Lange Seminar – Patentable Subject Matter after  In re Bilski

 

2008 Kinney & Lange Seminar – §101 Subject Matter: Bilski, Ferguson, and Comiskey, Oh My

 

2007 Kinney & Lange Seminar – MedImmune v. Genetech: Licensee in good standing wins DJ action

PUBLICATIONS

Bilski v. Kappos, The IP Book, Minnesota IP Institute (8th Edition, 2010), co-authored with David Buck

 

In re Bilski: Defining Patentable Subject Matter, The IP Book, Minnesota IP Institute (7th Edition, 2009), co-authored with David Buck

 

Overview of Intellectual Property for Business Lawyers, Kinney & Lange, P.A. (annual)

 

Intellectual Property Law for Business Lawyers, Kinney & Lange, P.A. (annual)