Paul B. Heynssens is a registered patent attorney (47,648), and counsels clients in a variety of intellectual property and technology matters including patent prosecution (US, PCT, and foreign), and portfolio management. He has drafted and prosecuted patent applications in the areas of electronics, wireless devices, computer systems, computers, software, semiconductors, lasers, and mechanical devices, among others. Mr. Heynssens also maintains a substantial trademark practice where he helps clients select and register trademarks and servicemarks to protect their trade identity.

Mr. Heynssens was formerly a partner at Jennings Strouss and Salmon LLP in Phoenix Arizona. There he provided IP counseling and strategy advice as well as preparing and prosecuting domestic and foreign patent applications.

Mr. Heynssens also has experience as an in house patent attorney with Microsoft’s Redmond Washington campus. At Microsoft, Mr. Heynssens helped establish a new patent prosecution group and chaired its training committee to train engineers to be patent agents. He has firm experience at the patent boutique firm of Christie Parker & Hale in Pasadena, where he was responsible for portfolio development for various clients, ranging from startups to multinationals. He also has experience with large general practice firms, having worked at the Los Angeles office of the international law firm Hogan Lovells where he practiced IP law including assisting in patent litigation.

Law is a second career for Mr. Heynssens. He graduated from Purdue University with a bachelor’s degree in Electrical engineering. After working for large corporations as a design and development engineer he went back to school and obtained his law and MBA degrees from Arizona State University. He has worked as a patent attorney since graduation from Law School in 1998.

As an engineer at Motorola, he designed cellular telephone base station equipment, and was an RF design task leader in the development of microwave, UHF and VHF radio transmitters and receivers for military applications. While at Raytheon he designed RF circuits for communications equipment for the MILSTAR satellite communications program, and also designed high rate computer controlled test equipment for microwave and RF circuits.

Mr. Heynssens community involvements have included being a founding member of the Stevenson Ranch California Optimist Club, and the first Boy Scout Troop in Stevenson Ranch California. He was also a Wood Badge trained Scoutmaster, and Assistant District Commissioner with the Boy Scouts of America. He is also a licensed Amateur Radio Operator-call sign N9NJE.

Stephanie L. Goff is an experienced Trademark and Patent Paralegal. She has been preparing and filing domestic and foreign filings of Trademarks and Patents since 1999. She has served as the office manager for the Nelson & Roediger firm also handling the billing, receivables/payables, file maintenance, managing the docket, and all other tasks needed to manage a two attorney office, and keep it running smoothly. Through her work as an experienced paralegal Stephanie helps us keep our operation cost effective by assisting with many administrative patent and trademark tasks including:

Trademark (domestic and foreign)

• Client intake information including information regarding proposed new trademark / service mark, and description of the goods;
• Conducting preliminary trademark / service mark searches using the SAEGIS Database, Google and other Internet search engines;
• Reviewing preliminary results; prepare file for attorney; providing attorney with summary of results;
• Preparing trademark / service mark applications (use-based and ITU) for client signature, prepare formal drawing,
• Collection and review specimens for Trademark Office acceptability, filing of the trademark application;
• Corresponding with foreign associate re: foreign trademark / service mark filings, i.e., CTM, select foreign countries; docketing due dates, advisory correspondence to client
• Initial preparation and filing of Statements of Use / Requests for Extension of Time ;
• Initial preparation of draft responses to Office Actions and subsequent filing;
• Prepare and file Notices of Opposition / Request for Extension of Time with TTAB.
• Notify clients regarding trademark registration maintenance; Prepare §§8 & 15 and §§8 & 9
• Declarations as necessary, submitting to the Trademark Office;
• Management of the trademark docket (all docketing is done in Foundation IP, a product of CPA Global)

Patents (domestic and foreign)

• Assisting with client intake information including inventor information;
• Collection of information for, preparation of patent application filing documents;
• Preparation of assignments and recordation cover sheet,
• Checking and prepping drawings (U.S. and PCT) for compliance with USPTO/PCT requirements;
• Review of the file for prior art disclosure and preparation and filing IDS statements as needed;
• Filing of U.S. patent applications, i.e., design; provisional, utility; continuation; continuation-in-part; PCT applications;
• Assisting with the reporting and preparation of Responses to Office Actions, and the preparation and filing of RCE’s
• Receiving Letters Patent, review of claims, entering into long-term docket for maintenance fee tracking, forwarding to client;
• Management of the patent docket (all docketing is done in Foundation IP, a product of CPA Global);
• Notifying clients regarding maintenance fees; paying maintenance fees;
• Corresponding with foreign associates and assisting in management of foreign filing and prosecution re: filing PCT applications, corresponding with foreign associates regarding national stage filings and entry into the PCT National Phase;
• Corresponding with foreign associates regarding: amendments, annuities, legalization of documents, receiving foreign Letters Patent, reviewing claims, entering annuity reminders into docket, forwarding correspondence to the client.