Engineer Manager
Resume:
ALAN E. WAGNER
Milwaukee, WI 53211
abnvuv@r.postjobfree.com
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
Seasoned intellectual property attorney and chemical engineer experienced in providing
clients with solutions to business and legal issues.
LEGAL EXPERIENCE
Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C., Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Senior Attorney, 1998-2009
Counseled clients, from single inventors to multinational corporations, with business
and legal solutions to their Intellectual Property needs.
Assisted clients to determine the most appropriate strategy for protecting their
innovations.
Obtained U.S. patent protection by preparing and prosecuting patent applications for
inventions in a broad array of technical fields including chemistry, polymers and
resins, nanoparticles, adhesives, films, fibers, coatings, semiconductor manufacturing
processes, agricultural machinery, small engines, injection molding, food products,
medical products and dietary supplements, genetic products, software, and business
methods.
Obtained foreign patent protection by directing the activities of foreign patent
counsel.
Advised clients in avoiding potential infringement issues through instruction, design-
around recommendations, non-infringement opinions, invalidity opinions, and right-
to-use opinions.
Enforced client IP rights by analyzing potentially infringing activities, sending cease
and desist letters, and litigation support.
Conducted due diligence for licensing and IP transfers.
Prepared agreements for licenses, assignments, technology transfer, confidentiality
agreements, and joint ventures.
Dorsey and Whitney, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Summer Associate, 1997
Researched trade secret laws, patent issues, SEC issues, and corporate agency options
for Australia, while rotating through the intellectual property and corporate groups.
Federal Court Eastern District of Michigan, Detroit, Michigan, Summer Clerk 1996
Researched legal issues arising in intellectual property and disability cases.
TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE
Ralston Purina, St. Louis, Missouri, 1994-1995
As a Technical Manager, I was responsible for product and process development for
various pet foods, technology transfer between the pilot plant and numerous production
plants, and on-going technical service to resolve production issues.
Quaker Oats Company, Barrington, Illinois, 1980-1994
As a Research Engineer, I developed processes for new or restaged products, evaluated
and adapted new technologies, scaled up and transferred technology from the pilot plant
to the production facilities, and created new prototypes. Among the technologies that
developed or analyzed were extrusion, spray coatings, dry coatings, forming, baking,
sausage production, enzymatic digestion, browning reactions, and canning.
EDUCATION
University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1998
Juris Doctor, cum laude.
University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, 1980
Bachelor of Science, Chemical Engineering, High Distinction.
BAR MEMBERSHIP
United States Patent and Trademark Office
Wisconsin State Bar
Federal Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
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