GUTTMAN PATENT OFFICE - METRO PHILADELPHIA

DAVID S. GUTTMAN  - RESUME

873 E. Baltimore Pike, Suite 873

Ph: (610) 444-7410

Kennett Square, PA 19348-1864  
Website: www.patentlore.com

Email: david@guttman.com

SUMMARY

Patent lawyer with extensive experience in U.S. and foreign law and demonstrated effectiveness in protection and licensing of electronic devices, software and internet technology.

EDUCATION

LEGAL

Loyola Law School of Chicago, J.D. 1974
Honors: Law Review, Patent Moot Court
TECHNICAL
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, BSEE, MSEE, EE
Tech. Specialties:


Electronic & magnetic devices, semiconductor, computer & software protection, computer networks, microprocessors, digital signal processors, medical devices
FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Japanese: Intensive, Cornell Univ. 1978-79
French: Written (4 high school years)

ADMITTED TO PRACTICE

Calif. & Illinois State & Federal Courts
U.S. & Canadian Patent Offices
Court of Appeals for the Fed. Circuit

EXPERIENCE

1998 - present Guttman Patent Office, Kennett Square, PA - USPTO patent & trademark prosecution, consultant and expert witness on international cases

1995-1997 Texas Instruments Inc., Dallas
Corrected and revised Japanese patent applications of TI’s Japan subsidiary for filing as U.S. patent applications
Prepared, prosecuted U.S. & foreign patents for semiconductor, microcomputer, digital signal processor, and computer network inventions

1990 - 1994 Poms, Smith, Los Angeles (now Oppenheimer Wolff of L.A.)
Prepared, prosecuted U.S. & foreign patents for microcomputer-related inventions
Drafted & negotiated software, computer system agreements
Prepared Infringement studies of cellular phone patents, negotiated licenses
Organized and prosecuted worldwide trademarks of major universities
Expert witness about Japanese patents for U.S. patent litigation

1988 - 1990 Spensley Horn Jubas & Lubitz, Los Angeles
Prepared & prosecuted U.S. & foreign patents for radios, medical devices, printersProsecuted U.S. & foreign trademark & servicemark applications
Expert witness about Japanese patents & trademarks
Conducted discovery in Japan for U.S. arbitration

1986 - 1988 Laff, Whitesel, & Saret, now Michael Best & Friedrich of Chicago
Drafted & prosecuted patents for cellular phones, printers, TV apparatus
Translated Japanese patent applications for U.S. patent filings
Negotiated, settled Japan trademark conflicts of major U.S. manufacturers
Prosecuted U.S. & foreign trademark & servicemark applications

FOREIGN EXPERIENCE

1979 - 1985 Foreign legal expert in major law and patent offices in Osaka and Tokyo, Japan doing patent infringement & validity studies on autofocus cameras, prosecuting Japanese patent and trademark applications, prosecuting and licensing famous international trademarks.

 

INITIAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY TRAINING

1974 -1978 Division Patent Attorney, Brunswick Corporation, Skokie, IL
Made patent infringement & validity studies of U.S. and foreign patents
Reviewed invention disclosures, inventor counseling, trade secret agreements
Prepared & prosecuted U.S. and foreign patent and trademark applications
Negotiated & drafted patent and trademark licenses