Injection Molding Assistant

THOMAS SWENSON

PATENT ATTORNEY

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Huntington, NY 11743

Tel. 303-***-****

Email: **********@*****.***

EDUCATION

University of Colorado School of Law

Juris Doctor 1994

DeSouchet Trial Advocacy Award 1993

University of Michigan

M.S.E. (Chemical Engineering) 1982

B.S.E. (Chemical Engineering) 1974

B.A. (Political Science) 1974

Universität Freiburg, Germany 1971-72

Chaminade High School, Mineola, NY

BAR ADMISSIONS

Colorado, Massachusetts, New York

U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, Reg. No. 36,696

SELECTED LEGAL EXPERIENCE

March 2004 -- present

Sole practitioner, Boulder, CO. Preparation, filing and prosecution of US and PCT patent applications, mainly in the field of integrated circuit (semiconductor) fabrication; freedom-to-operate opinions; US and Madrid Protocol trademark applications; small business counseling.

Main clients: Novellus Systems, Inc.; Psigenics Corp.

July 2002 – March 2004

Staff Attorney, Patton Boggs LLP, Denver, CO

Patent prosecution, mainly in field of integrated circuit fabrication and chemical technology.

Clients: Symetrix, Novellus Systems, Bluestar, Sundew Technologies,

Microtome Precision

January 2001 – July 2002

Of Counsel, Lathrop & Gage L.C., Boulder, CO

Patent prosecution in fields of de-icing technology and integrated

circuit fabrication. Clients: Dartmouth College, Novellus Systems

October 1997 – December 2000

Associate, Duft, Graziano & Forest, Boulder, CO

Patent prosecution in field of integrated circuit fabrication, in particular, fabrication of nonvolatile memories and dielectric thin-film deposition, for various clients, including MEC, Symetrix, Olympus, Siemens, Novellus. Litigation support. Trademark prosecution.

March 1995 -- September 1997

Litigation and counseling as sole practitioner, including:

Plaintiff's attorney in Dan Craig Events, Inc. v. RainforestAction Network,

Civil Action No. 95-Z-2628, D. Colo., involving Lanham Act and copyright violations;

Rule 68 judgment for plaintiff, April 1996.

Third chair plaintiff's attorney in Baby's Benefit Int'l, Inc. v. Spacelabs, Inc.,

Civil Action No. 95-N-747, D. Colo., involving breach of software development

contract and theft of trade secrets; settled July 1996.

SELECTED NONLEGAL EXPERIENCE

1989-90 Designed and tested fluid flow and heat transfer in system for purification and injection of sterile water. Sterimatics Co., Bedford, MA

1988 Taught short course in chemical reaction kinetics and reactor design.

National Engineering University, Managua, Nicaragua

1986-88 Performed mathematical modeling of heat transfer and fluid flow in plastic injection molding. Modeled and calculated steady-state and transient temperature profiles in plastic injection-molding nozzles. Kona Corp., Gloucester, MA

1984-85 Studied and modeled reaction kinetics of phosphogypsum reduction reactions. SAIC, La Jolla, CA

1983-84 Teaching assistant in chemical engineering.

Canterbury University, Christchurch, New Zealand

1977-79 Technical Assistant, residue analysis of pesticides.

Schering AG, Berlin, Germany

1975-77 Technical translations from German into English.

Freiburg i. Br., Germany

LANGUAGES

English: native speaker

German: fluent in writing and speaking, business level

Spanish: fluent conversational

PUBLICATION

The German "Plea Bargaining " Debate, Pace Int'l L. Rev.,

Vol. VII, No. 11, 373 (Spring 1995)

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