RESUME OF GARY F. WITTING

 

5834 E. Oak Street

Office (480) 947-2345

Scottsdale , AZ 85257

Cell (602) 909-2874

SUMMARY

Extensive experience in both intellectual property and technology. Developed management systems to provide intellectual property management, including patent prosecution, portfolio management, client counseling, and patent portfolio development and analysis. Strategic use of intellectual property to generate revenue and set the stage for business development of new technology.

KEY QUALIFICATIONS

Strategic Use of Intellectual Property

Contracts

Patent Prosecution

 Intellectual Property Planning

 Licensing

Disclosure Review

 

Negotiation

Patent Review

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

EDUCATION

Juris Doctorate, Franklin Pierce Law Center

Bachelor's of Science, Arizona State University

Associated of Arts, Scottsdale Community College

 

ASSOCIATIONS

Member of the Arizona State Bar Association

Vice Chair of the Small Firm and Solo Practitioners Section of the Arizona State Bar

Member of the Arizona patent Law Association

Member of Licensing Executive Society

Member of the American Intellectual Property Lawyers Association

 

LICENSES

Licensed to practice law before the United States Patent and Trademark Office

Licensed to practice law before the Arizona State Court System

Licensed to practice law before the United States District Court for the District of Arizona

 

PUBLICATIONS/PRESENTATIONS

KODAK MICRO ELECTRONIC SYMPOSIUM 1987

A Manufacturable 0.5-micron optical lithography process.

Presented A Brief Tutorial on Intellectual Property to the Phoenix Area Consultants Network (PACN) chapter of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) .

Presented an Intellectual Property Seminar to Thunderbird - The Gravin International School of Management

Letter in response to: IS IP SAFE IN CHINA published in Electronic Business

Nano and Giga Challenges 2007: Member of Advisory Board and Co-chairman for Business Session: Challenges and Opportunities of Nanotechnology

Quoted in Environmental Health Perspectives

Panelist, The Power of Licensing: A panel discussion, The Indus Entrepreneurs (TIE), 2007

Presented Intellectual Property Seminar to Arizona Small Business Association (StealthMode Partners), Covering the basics of Intellectual Property for a small business

Quoted in The Arizona Republic, Business Section, Battle erupts over proposed patent changes

 

ISSUED PATENTS