EMPLOYMENT

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

Associate, 2006 - Present

• Patent Attorney, 2008 - Present

• Patent drafting and prosecution, including successful pre-appeal, appeal and petition procedures

• International patent filing and prosecution, including PCT/WO, EP, CA, CN, DE, FR and UK jurisdictions

• Trademark application and prosecution, including successful pre-appeal, appeal and petition procedures

• Copyright services, including registration and common-law protection

• Pre-litigation services, including project clearance, validity and non-infringement opinions

• Public speaking experience in Intellectual Property Law, High Energy Physics and Science Education

EDUCATION

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Juris Doctor, cum laude, 2006

• Completed J.D. program on accelerated two-year track

• Dean's List, 2004, 2005, 2006

• Royal A. Stone Scholar, 2004, 2005

• Kenneth & Lillian Smith Scholar, 2005, 2006

• Student Representative, Faculty Hiring Committee

• Student Representative, Educational Policy Committee

• Inaugural participant, Walter F. Mondale seminar in American Politics, taught by the former Vice President

California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California

Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1993-1995

• Research Fellow, U.S. Department of Energy

• Research Fellow, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (Italy)

• Shift Leader, MACRO experiment, Gran Sasso Laboratories, L'Aquila, Italy

• "Physicist-in-Charge," MACRO experiment, Gran Sasso Laboratories, L'Aquila, Italy

• Designed, built and installed analog and digital monitor/control electronics for CAMAC and VME-based particle detector systems

• Designed and coded remote network control software in FORTRAN and C/C++, executed on VAX/VMX, Unix, Linux, and PC platforms

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Ph.D., Astrophysics, 1993

• Heat Teaching Assistant/Undergraduate Laboratory Program Supervisor, School of Physics and Astronomy

• Lecture & Recitation Assistant, Modern Physics & Special Relativity

• Research Fellow, National Science Foundation

• National Science Foundation Fellowship in Astrophysics

• NATO Advanced Study Fellowship, Ettore Majorana Centre for Scientific Culture, Erice (Sicily), Italy

Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota

B.A., Physics, cum laude, 1986

• National Merit Scholar, Shell Oil Company

• William Carleton Scholar

• Student Representative, Carleton College Council

• President, Carleton Players

• College Council

• Varsity athlete, cross country & track

EXPERIENCE

G.B.P. Investments, LLC, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Officer, Secretary, 2001-Present

• Manage investment/timeshare property of approximately 26 acres located in Crosslake, Minnesota

• Experience in small business operations, property management and real estate law

 

Thomson West, Eagan, Minnesota

Writer, Westlaw Jury Verdicts Database, 2005-2006

• Drafted jury verdict summaries for insurance law, personal injury, employment law and general practice litigation

• Familiarity with choice-of-law doctrine and state and federal case law in CA, IA, MD, MN, NY, TX and other jurisdictions

Swarthmore, Macalester & Colorado College

Assistant Professor, Physics and Astronomy, 1995-2003

• General-level courses in Physics, Astronomy, History of Science and Science Literature

• Advanced courses in Electronics, Optics, Physical Chemistry, Electricity & Magnetism, Quantum Mechanics, Special Relativity, Nuclear Physics, Particle Physics and Astrophysics

• Authored beginning and advanced-level laboratory manuals for Mechanics, Electricity & Magnetism, Nuclear Physics and Optics

• Designed and built laboratory experiments in spectroscopy, nuclear physics, particle physics, cosmic ray physics, infrared laser optics, and cryogenic solid state physics

• Experience with international collaborative research programs in Rome, Milan, Pisa and Sicily, Italy; Dublin, Ireland; Geneva, Switzerland; Beijing and Zhangjiajie, China; Durban, South Africa; and London, Oxford and Cambridge, England

• Principal Investigator, Neutrino and Cosmic Ray Astrophysics research grants, National Science Foundation

• Principal Investigator, Neutrino and Cosmic Ray Astrophysics research grants, National Science Foundation

• Cottrell College Science Award, Neutrino Physics and Astrophysics research grants, Research Corporation

PUBLICATIONS

Overview of Intellectual Property for Business Lawyers, 2009 ed., Kinney & Lange, P.A. (2009)

Recent Copyright Actions: Satriani v. Coldplay & the RNC Smackdown, Intellectual Property: Beyond the Basics, Kinney & Lange, P.A. (2009)

Intellectual Property Law for Business Lawyers, 2007–2008 ed., Thomson West; Chapter 12, Trade Secret Law (2008)

The Magnetized Steel and Scintillator Calorimeters of the MINOS Experiment, Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A 596: 190–228 (2008).

Overview of Intellectual Property for Business Lawyers, 2008 ed., Kinney & Lange, P.A. (2008)

B.P.M.C. v. CA Dep’t of Health: Sovereign Immunity & Patent Infringement, Intellectual Property: Beyond the Basics, Kinney & Lange, P.A. (2008)

The IP Book, 5^th Ed., Midwest Intellectual Property Institute, Chapter 2, KSR Int’l Co. v. Teleflex Inc. (2007)

Overview of Intellectual Property for Business Lawyers, 2007 ed., Kinney & Lange, P.A. (2007).

^†Observation of Muon Neutrino Disappearance with the MINOS Detectors and the NuMI Neutrino Beam, Phys. Rev. Lett. 97: 191801 (2006)

^†First Observations of Separated Atmospheric nu(mu) and anti-nu(mu) Events in the MINOS Detector, Phys. Rev. D 73: 072002 (2006)

SR 108-3, ABA Committee 108 (ABA response to U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s 2007–2012 strategic initiative) (2006).

What Limit on Executive Authority? The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, University of Minnesota (2006)

Search for Stellar Gravitational Collapses with the MACRO Detector, Eur. Phys. J. C 37: 265–272 (2004)

The Cosmic Ray Proton, Helium and CNO fluxes in the 100-TeV Energy Region from TeV Muons and EAS Atmospheric Cherenkov Light Observations of MACRO and EAS-TOP, Astropart. Phys. 21: 223–240 (2004)

Moon and Sun Shadowing Effect in the MACRO Detector, Astropart. Phys. 20: 145–156 (2003)

The Search for the Sidereal and Solar Diurnal Modulations in the Total MACRO Muon Data Set, Phys. Rev. D 67: 042002 (2003).

Measurement of the Residual Energy of Muons in the Gran Sasso Underground Laboratories, Astropart. Phys. 19: 313–328 (2003)

Search for Cosmic Ray Sources using Muons Detected by the MACRO Experiment, Astropart. Phys. 18: 615–627 (2003)

Search for Diffuse Neutrino Flux from Astrophysical Sources with MACRO, Astropart. Phys. 19: 1–13 (2003)

The MINOS Scintillator Calorimeter System, IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 49: 861–863 (2002)

^†The MACRO Detector at Gran Sasso, Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A 486: 663–707 (2002)

Search for Nucleon Decays Induced by GUT Magnetic Monopoles with the MACRO Experiment, Eur. Phys. J. C 26: 163–172 (2002)

^†Final Results of Magnetic Monopole Searches with the MACRO Experiment, Eur. Phys. J. C 25: 511–522 (2002)

Muon Energy Estimate through Multiple Scattering with the MACRO Detector, Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A 492: 376–386 (2002)

A Combined Analysis Technique for the Search for Fast Magnetic Monopoles with the MACRO Detector, Astropart. Phys. 18: 27–41 (2002)

Search for Massive Rare Particles with MACRO, Nucl. Phys. Proc. Suppl. 110: 186–188 (2002)

^†Matter Effects in Upward Going Muons and Sterile Neutrino Oscillations, Phys. Lett. B 517: 59–66 (2001)

^†Neutrino Astronomy with the MACRO Detector, Astrophys. J. 546: 1038–1054 (2001)

A Search for Lightly Ionizing Particles with the MACRO Detector, Phys. Rev. D 62: 052003 (2000)

^†Low-Energy Atmospheric Muon Neutrinos in MACRO, Phys. Lett. B 478: 5–13 (2000)

Search for Nucleon Decay into Lepton + K0 Final States using Soudan-2, Phys. Rev. D 61: 072004 (2000)

The Observation of a Shadow of the Moon in the Underground Muon Flux in the Soudan-2 Detector, Phys. Rev. D 61: 092002 (2000)

Nuclearite Search with the Macro Detector at Gran Sasso, Eur. Phys. J. C 13: 453–458 (2000)

Relevance of the Hadronic Interaction Model in the Interpretation of Multiple Muon Data as Detected with the MACRO Experiment, Nucl. Phys. Proc. Suppl. 75A: 265–268 (1999)

High Statistics Measurement of the Underground Muon Pair Separation at Gran Sasso, Phys. Rev. D 60: 032001 (1999)

^†The Atmospheric Neutrino Flavor Ratio from a 3.9 Fiducial Kiloton Year Exposure of Soudan-2, Phys. Lett. B 449: 137–144 (1999)

^†Limits on Dark Matter WIMPS using Upward Going Muons in the MACRO Detector, Phys. Rev. D 60: 082002 (1999)

Atmospheric Neutrino Induced Muons in the MACRO Detector, Nucl. Phys. Proc. Suppl. 77: 117–122 (1999)

Measurement of the Energy Spectrum of Underground Muons at Gran Sasso with a Transition Radiation Detector, Astropart. Phys. 10: 11–20 (1999)

Observation of the Shadowing of Cosmic Rays by the Moon using a Deep Underground Detector, Phys. Rev. D 59: 012003 (1999)

Experimental Study of Hadronic Interaction Model using Coincident Data from EAS-TOP and MACRO, Nucl. Phys. Proc. Suppl. 70: 483–485 (1999)

^†Measurement of the Atmospheric Neutrino Induced Upgoing Muon Flux using MACRO, Phys. Lett. B 434: 451–457 (1998)

Search for the Proton Decay Mode Proton to Neutrino k+ in Soudan-2, Phys. Lett. B 427: 217–224 (1998)

The Observation of Upgoing Charged Particles Produced by High-Energy Muons in Underground Detectors, Astropart. Phys. 9: 105–117 (1998)

Real time Supernova Neutrino Burst Detection with MACRO, Astropart. Phys. 8: 123–133 (1998)

Performance of the MACRO Detector at Gran Sasso: Moon Shadow and Seasonal Variations, Nucl. Phys. Proc. Suppl. 61B: 180–184 (1998)

Performance of the Transition Radiation Detector of the MACRO Experiment, Nucl. Phys. Proc. Suppl .61B: 289294 (1998)

High Energy Cosmic Ray Physics with the MACRO Experiment at Gran Sasso, Nucl. Phys. Proc. Suppl. 52 B:172–175 (1997)

Magnetic Monopole Search with the MACRO Detector at Gran Sasso, Phys. Lett. B 406: 249–255 (1997)

Seasonal Variations in the Underground Muon Intensity as Seen by MACRO, Astropart. Phys. 7: 109–124 (1997)

High-Energy Cosmic Ray Physics with the MACRO Detector at Gran Sasso: Part 1. Analysis Methods and Experimental Results, Phys. Rev. D56: 140–1417 (1997)

High-Energy Cosmic Ray Physics with the MACRO Detector at Gran Sasso: Part 2. Primary Spectra and Composition, Phys. Rev. D56: 1418–1436 (1997)

A Study of Cosmic Ray Composition in the Knee Region using Multiple Muon Events in the Soudan-2 Detector, Phys. Rev. D 55: 5282–5294 (1997)

The Performance of MACRO Liquid Scintillator in the Search for Magnetic Monopoles with 10^–3 < β < 1, Astropart. Phys. 6:113–128 (1997)

^†Measurement of the Atmospheric Neutrino Flavor Composition in Soudan-2, Phys. Lett. B391:491500 (1997)

The Soudan-2 detector: The Operation and Performance of the Tracking Calorimeter Modules, Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A 381: 385–397 (1996)

The Soudan-2 Detector: The Design and onstruction of the Tracking Calorimeter Modules, Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A 376: 36–48 (1996)

Performance of the MACRO Streamer Tube System in the Search for Magnetic Monopoles, Astropart. Phys. 4: 33–43 (1995)

^†Atmospheric Neutrino Flux Measurement using Upgoing Muons, Phys. Lett. B 357: 481–486 (1995)

^†Vertical Muon Intensity Measured with MACRO at the Gran Sasso Laboratory, Phys. Rev. D52: 3793–3802 (1995)

Ultrahigh-Energy Cosmic Ray Composition from Surface Air Shower and Underground Muon Measurements at Soudan-2, Phys. Rev. D52: 2760–2765 (1995)

Contained Neutrino Events Observed in SOUDAN-2, Nucl. Phys. Proc. Suppl. 35:427–429 (1994)

A Search for Magnetic Monopoles with the SOUDAN-2 Detector, Phys. Rev. D46: 4846–4851(1992).

Coincidences between Extensive Air Showers and the SOUDAN-1 Underground Muon Detector, Phys. Rev. D45: 1459–1469 (1992).

The Observation of Underground Muons from the Direction of Cygnus X­-­3 during the January 1991 Radio Flare, Phys. Lett. B269: 220–226 (1991)

First Results from the Soudan-2 Proton Decay Experiment, J. Phys. G17: S393–S401 (1991)

^†Top-cited paper, Stanford SLAC/SPIRES High Energy Physics Database

ACTIVITIES

American Bar Association. Minnesota Bar Association.

Hennepin and Ramsey County Bar Associations.

Minnesota Intellectual Property Law Association.

American Physical Society. Sigma Xi.

American Association of Physics Teachers.

I also volunteer for legal education and physics outreach programs at local schools, colleges and universities, and I perform service work with the Nativity Men’s Club and other denominational and non-denominational organizations.

LANGUAGES

Written: Latin, with some scientific and general-level (newspaper-level) reading ability in French, Spanish and Italian

Computer languages: C, C++, FORTRAN & BASIC/Visual Basic.
Operating environments: Unix, Linux, VAX/vms, Windows & Mac OS

ADMISSIONS

Supreme Court of Minnesota

United States District Court, District of Minnesota

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office