Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

BACKGROUND

Jeff specializes in strategic intellectual property counseling, patent procurement and enforcement, licensing, and patent assertion management services to chemical, mechanical, and electro-mechanical companies. He provides these services across a broad range of multi-disciplinary industry sectors, including semiconductor, pharmaceutical, pulp and paper, medical devices, wireless telecommunication, transportation, and alternative energy industries. He received a B.S. (cum laude) in Chemical Engineering (1982) from the University of Idaho and holds a J.D. (1985), also from the University of Idaho.

EXPERIENCE

Prior to joining Seed IP, Jeff served as a patent attorney at the Dow Chemical Company (Midland, MI) for several years. He has since amassed over twenty-five years of experience as a patent attorney, drafting and prosecuting patent applications across a multitude of industries. Jeff specializes in IP strategies, licensing strategies, counseling clients in strategic development of their domestic and international intellectual property portfolios, developing client patent programs, and drafting and presenting non-infringement, invalidity and patentability opinions.

AFFILIATIONS

Jeff is admitted to the state bars of Washington, Idaho, and Michigan. He is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court of Idaho, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. Jeff is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He is a member of the Washington State Patent Law Association, the American Intellectual Property Law Association, the Intellectual Property Owners Association, the Asian Bar Association of Washington, and the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association. Jeff has been a past lecturer and panelist at CASRIP (Center for Advanced Study and Research on Intellectual Property), an annual two-week seminar sponsored by the University of Washington School of Law.

HONORS AND AWARDS

• Listed in Best Lawyers in America®, 2007-2012.
• Washington Super Lawyers® honoree, 2004-2011.
• Washington’s Most Amazing Attorneys® honoree, 2006.