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I am an experienced Texas Patent attorney dedicated to helping with U.S. and international patents and trademarks, copyright protection and licensing, IP rights, and more. Call for a free consultation! Read More »
Ken  Emanuelson
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Ken Emanuelson
(214) 390-4800 17304 Preston Rd, Suite 800
Dallas, TX 75252
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Patents, Business, IP and Trademarks
The University of Texas School of Law
In over 20 years of experience securing, prosecuting and asserting his clients’ intellectual property rights, Ken’s career has included work with a wide variety of intellectual property assets, including utility patents, copyrights, design patents, trade and service marks and trade secrets across a broad range of technologies.
Dustin Michael Mauck
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Dustin Michael Mauck
Dallas, TX Patents Attorney with 19 years of experience
(214) 414-3816 1700 Pacific Ave
Ste 2610
Dallas, TX 75201
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SMU Dedman School of Law
Partner Dustin Mauck formed RegitzMauck PLLC with Mike Regitz in January of 2015. Dustin focuses his practice on intellectual property, technology, cybersecurity, and data privacy matters.

Dustin has experience in enforcing and obtaining patents and has represented clients in trademark, trade secret, copyright, contract, and domain name disputes. As a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US), Dustin also assists his clients with cybersecurity and data privacy issues, including assessing and responding to data breaches, preparing incident response plans, and evaluating cybersecurity and data privacy risks and policies.

Dustin's patent and trademark prosecution experience includes preparing applications, responding to office actions, drafting appeal briefs,...
Kevin Alan Keeling
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Kevin Alan Keeling
Houston, TX Patents Attorney with 21 years of experience
(713) 589-5646 16055 Space Center Blvd, Suite 230
Suite 230
Houston, TX 77062
Free ConsultationPatents, Business, IP and Trademarks
Villanova University School of Law
Kevin Keeling is a registered patent attorney whose business and intellectual property practice involves both litigation in all areas of intellectual property and commercial issues, as well as transactional matters including matters before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, contract/license negotiation, securing IP rights, and client counseling. During his years in practice, Mr. Keeling has achieved many successful outcomes for clients in litigation as well as in transactional matters.
Jeff Williams
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Jeff Williams
Houston, TX Patents Attorney with 12 years of experience
(832) 795-1909 100 Glenborough Dr
STE 428
Houston, TX 77067
Free ConsultationPatents, IP and Trademarks
Texas Wesleyan University School of Law - Texas Wesleyan University
Jeff is a registered Patent Attorney with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. He is primarily from the western United States but has lived overseas for a number of years.

He received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Arizona State University in 2005. He was an engineer for a number of years at a number of large corporations before pursuing his law degree. He graduated from Texas A&M University School of Law (formerly Texas Wesleyan University School of Law) with a J.D. in 2010. By combining his education and prior work experience into the field...
Mr. Robert Z. Cashman
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Mr. Robert Z. Cashman
Houston, TX Patents Attorney with 17 years of experience
(713) 364-3476 10101 Fondren Road
Suite 452
Houston, TX 77096
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Touro College
Robert Z. Cashman provides nationwide legal representation for patent litigation matters on a contingency fee basis. He is licensed to practice law in Texas, in New York, and before the US Patent & Trademark Office. Robert is the owner of the Cashman Law Firm, PLLC which helps individuals and small businesses create their business, establish and protect their inventions, and preserve their assets against foreclosure and if necessary, bankruptcy.

Since 2010, Robert has focused his practice on defending accused bittorrent downloaders in copyright infringement lawsuits filed in federal courts across the US. Most recently, cases represented by the Cashman...
Richard G. Eldredge
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Richard G. Eldredge
Austin, TX Patents Attorney with 14 years of experience
(844) 728-3680 2021 Guadalupe Street Suite 260
Austin, TX 78705
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University of La Verne College of Law
Experience + qualifications — Mr. Eldredge is a certified professional engineer who earned a bachelor's and a master's degree in mechanical engineering. His law degree has an emphasis in intellectual property. Fast-track patent turnaround — Because it can take two years or more for the USPTO to issue a patent, time is always of the essence. We complete the initial phase of the patent application process in one week or less, a fraction of the time it takes most lawyers. How do we accomplish this? Mr. Eldredge's extensive experience writing patent applications combined with his ability to create his...
Matthew Compton
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Matthew Compton
Spring, TX Patents Lawyer with 12 years of experience
(832) 323-1122 6601 Cypresswood Dr.
Suite 225
Spring, TX 77379
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University of Houston Law Center
Matthew (Matt) Compton has a degree in Computer Science from the University of Texas at Austin. He graduated law school from the University of Houston Law Center in 2011 and has been practicing law in the Greater Houston Area since then. Matt is a licensed Patent Attorney and enjoys helping small businesses develop and manage their intellectual property and general small business legal needs.
Parrish S. Nordan
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Parrish S. Nordan
Dallas, TX Patents Attorney
(214) 662-0087 2626 Cole Ave
Suite 300
Dallas, TX 75204
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Cumberland School of Law, Samford University
Attorney Nordan is a Registered Patent Attorney with vast experience in the areas of Patent Litigation, Intellectual Property and Innovation Law, Patents and Patent Law, Trademark Law, Corporate Structure and Organization, and various areas of IP Litigation. In addition to practicing IP Law, Attorney Nordan serves as Vice-President of Tide in Texas, a Chapter of The University of Alabama National Alumni Association.
John T. Polasek
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John T. Polasek
Bellaire, TX Patents Lawyer with 33 years of experience
(832) 485-3580 6750 West Loop S.
STE 920
Bellaire, TX 77401
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South Texas College of Law
John T. Polasek (Ted) has been practicing law since 1990. Ted’s practice at The Polasek Law Firm, PLLC focuses on patent infringement litigation and licensing of patents. In addition, Ted litigates a broad array of intellectual property cases, involving trade secret misappropriation, trademark infringement, copyrights, unfair competition, breach of contract and related commercial litigation. His clients include patent owners, trademark owners and companies accused of patent infringement or trademark infringement. Ted has successfully negotiated licenses involving patent portfolios that include over 100 patents.

As technology evolved, Ted gained experience in a wide variety of technologies. Ted has handled patent infringement...
Matthew Yarbrough
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Matthew Yarbrough
Dallas, TX Patents Attorney with 30 years of experience
(214) 855-0044 2305 Cedar Springs Rd
Suite 230
Dallas, TX 75201
Patents, Business and IP
Summary Statement Matthew E. Yarbrough is a renowned expert in digital discovery. He has 20 years legal and investigative experience working both as an Assistant U.S. Attorney and in private legal practice. He is a trial lawyer with extensive jury trial experience in both civil and criminal matters. The Yarbrough Law Group focuses on complex business litigation, including intellectual property, cybercrimes, government investigations, internal investigations, financial fraud, and technology-related litigation. Mr. Yarbrough served as head of the Cybercrimes and Criminal Intellectual Property Task Force for the Department of Justice and was tapped by former Texas Attorney General John Cornyn to be...
Timothy Robert Reilley
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Timothy Robert Reilley
Dallas, TX Patents Lawyer with 28 years of experience
(214) 526-7900 8222 Douglas Avenue
Ste 400
Dallas, TX 75225
Free ConsultationPatents, Business, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury
Texas Tech University School of Law
Aaron Peacock
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Aaron Peacock
Dallas, TX Patents Attorney with 17 years of experience
(888) 312-1750 1349 Empire Central Dr #500
Dallas, TX 75247
Patents, Civil Rights, Real Estate and Trademarks
Franklin Pierce Law Center
Aaron P. Peacock is a registered patent attorney and associate at Gagnon, Peacock, & Vereeke, P.C. He has Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and a Master’s degree in Business Administration. He received his Juris Doctorate degree in law from the Franklin Pierce Law Center in New Hampshire. His practice focus is in intellectual property law, specifically patent, trademark and copyright law. He has prosecuted before the United States Patent and Trademark Office as well as the United States Copyright Office. Aaron is also an active member of the Dallas Bar Association and the Federalist Society. With his unique background in...
David Clark
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David Clark
Houston, TX Patents Attorney with 21 years of experience
(832) 821-5715 PO Box 540183
Houston, TX 77254
Patents, Business, IP and Trademarks
Travis Westbrook
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Travis Westbrook
The Woodlands, TX Patents Lawyer with 3 years of experience
(281) 615-9841 1095 Evergreen Circle
Suite 200
The Woodlands, TX 77380
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Baylor Law School
Travis Westbrook is an attorney in The Woodlands, Texas. He is admitted to practice in Texas and the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and he focuses his practice on intellectual property, business, and estate planning law. Travis grew up in the north Houston area. He received a B.S. from Texas A&M University in College Station and a J.D. from Baylor Law School in Waco.
Timothy G. Ackermann
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Timothy G. Ackermann
Grapevine, TX Patents Attorney with 26 years of experience
(817) 305-0690 1701 W. Northwest Hwy. Ste. 100
Grapevine, TX 76051
Patents, IP and Trademarks
The University of Texas School of Law
Simon Jean Marie Christiaën
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Simon Jean Marie Christiaën
Paris, TX Patents Attorney with 31 years of experience
137, rue de l'Université
Paris, TX 75007
Patents, IP and Trademarks
Dr Simon Christiaën, partner at DWF (France), is a French Specialist in Intellectual Property and a Patent Litigator (infringement, validity/nullity, revocation, ownership, contratc enforcement...). He is also an Arbitrator at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Arbitration and Mediation Center.
Simon has more than twenty six years of continuous experience, exclusively in law firms and departments specializing in intellectual property law and, in particular, patent law (advisory, prosecution & litigation).
Since June 2018, he is Partner in charge of the Patent law activity of DWF (France), in partnership with patent engineers, experts in innovation and specialized counsel in France and abroad. From...
Susanne Marie Moore
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Susanne Marie Moore
Lubbock, TX Patents Attorney with 23 years of experience
(806) 712-2080 1014 Broadway
Lubbock, TX 79401
Free ConsultationPatents, Business, Medical Malpractice and Nursing Home
Lawrence Ray Youst
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Lawrence Ray Youst
(214) 880-9363 2200 Victory Avenue
Suite 2604
Dallas, TX 75219
Dallas, TX Patents Lawyer with 29 years of experience
Patents, IP and Trademarks
Lawrence Youst counsels clients regarding management of their intellectual property assets focusing on portfolio development, patent evaluation, business transactions, dispute resolution and patent monetization. He has been a principal at Patton Boggs LLP, Danamraj & Youst, P.C. and Lawrence Youst PLLC.
John Francis Luman III
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John Francis Luman III
Houston, TX Patents Attorney with 29 years of experience
(713) 917-0024 6363 Woodway Drive
Suite 700
Houston, TX 77002
Patents, Business, IP and Trademarks
Syracuse University College of Law
Sam Sokhansanj
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Sam Sokhansanj
Dallas, TX Patents Lawyer with 16 years of experience
(214) 988-5454 2101 Cedar Springs Rd.
Suite 1050
Dallas, TX 75201
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Seattle University School of Law
Robert Hugh Johnston III
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Robert Hugh Johnston III
Dallas, TX Patents Attorney with 31 years of experience
(214) 220-9900 6060 North Central Expressway
Suite 500
Dallas, TX 75206
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SMU Dedman School of Law
Robert "Bob" Johnston is a founding partner, Managing Member of Johnston IP, and has been selected as a D Magazine Best Lawyer for multiple years. He is is passionate about helping entrepreneurs and companies create value through trademarks, patents, and other intellectual property. He prepares and prosecutes trademark applications and patent applications before the United States Patent and Trademark office (USPTO). With decades of experience, he has helped clients of all types with the full spectrum of intellectual property. He has worked as an attorney with large, multinational law firms, served as chief intellectual property counsel for a technology startup...
John Thomas Wilson
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John Thomas Wilson
Dallas, TX Patents Attorney with 26 years of experience
(972) 248-8080 16610 Dallas Pkwy
Suite 1000
Dallas, TX 75248
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Mr. Wilson is a Shareholder of the Wilson Legal Group P.C. He is a former associate of Jenkens & Gilchrist P.C., and senior associate of Fish & Richardson P.C. Mr. Wilson's practice is focused on the development and licensing of intellectual property, intellectual property litigation, and intellectual property portfolio management. Other legal services include the preparation of family law litigation, counseling companies in corporate formation, mergers, and acquisitions, and foreclosure and collections representation.

Mr. Wilson is a skilled intellectual property attorney, focusing largely on the application for and defense of patents and trademarks. His background in the sciences allows him to...
Edward J. Kazaleh
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Edward J. Kazaleh
Houston, TX Patents Lawyer with 25 years of experience
(713) 659-1000 The Williams Tower - Galleria
2800 Post Oak Blvd. #4100
Houston, TX 77056
Free ConsultationPatents, Arbitration & Mediation, Business and IP
South Texas College of Law
EDWARD J. KAZALEH is an Attorney, Mediator and Arbitrator who offers tremendous business, legal and real world expertise to his clients. KAZALEH & ASSOCIATES, LLP provides Legal Representation of BUSINESSES and INDIVIDUALS for REAL ESTATE, COMMERCIAL, PERSONAL INJURY, LITIGATION, CONSTRUCTION, OIL & GAS, PIPELINE, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY and certain IMMIGRATION LEGAL MATTERS. Our Clients are in the United States and International. GO TO OUR WEB SITE: www.BizLaw.Pro Our particular strengths are: CONSTRUCTION DISPUTES AND DEFECT LAW & ARBITRATION- REAL ESTATE & PROPERTY LAW - COMMERCIAL & BUSINESS LAW - INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, TRADEMARKS & PATENTS...
Don Tiller
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Don Tiller
Fort Worth, TX Patents Attorney with 15 years of experience
(817) 928-4361 1525 Merrimac Circle, Suite 210
Fort Worth, TX 76107
Patents, Business, IP and Trademarks
Texas Wesleyan University School of Law - Texas Wesleyan University
My practice focuses on intellectual property, technology, and business. I help my clients optimize the impact of intellectual property and technology on their businesses: I assess and address business threats and opportunities; I facilitate the transfer of technology and intellectual property rights; I litigate commercial and intellectual property disputes. Before becoming an attorney, I worked as a physicist developing instruments and signal processing methods for use in geophysical imaging. I specialized in instruments and methods based on nuclear-physics and radiation-detection principles (e.g., nuclear magnetic resonance, gamma-ray spectroscopy, neutron-induced nuclear excitation and radiative decay, neutron and gamma-ray transport...
Zac Duffy
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Zac Duffy
Dallas, TX Patents Attorney with 17 years of experience
(214) 979-1122 1700 Pacific Ave.
Suite 1700
Dallas, TX 75201
Patents, IP and Trademarks
South Texas College of Law
Zac Duffy is a technology and intellectual property attorney. Texas Monthly Magazine has consistently named Zac a “Texas Rising Star” since 2011. Zac has experience in software, electronics, trademarks, and trade secret litigation.
Matthew Neill Davis
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Matthew Neill Davis
Dallas, TX Patents Lawyer with 29 years of experience
(469) 780-0761 10000 N Central Expy
Suite 402
Dallas, TX 75231
Patents, Business, IP and Trademarks
University of Oklahoma College of Law
Matthew Neill Davis is an attorney and entrepreneur that led his solely owned firm, Davis Business Law, through over 1000% percent growth over six years, making it one of very rare law firms ever to make the Inc 5000 list. The firm currently has seven offices from Dallas to Kansas City. Martindale Hubble recognized Davis with its prestigious AV rating as one of the Preeminent Attorneys in America for demonstrating the highest levels of skill and integrity. With over twenty-five years of experience helping businesses leaders with their legal and entrepreneurial matters, Davis now teaches them how to deal...
Mark Handley
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Mark Handley
Colleyville, TX Patents Lawyer with 32 years of experience
(817) 426-3539 4209 Gateway Drive, Suite 200
Colleyville, TX 76034
Patents, IP and Trademarks
John Lindsay
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John Lindsay
Dallas, TX Patents Lawyer with 17 years of experience
(214) 736-4306 3010 LBJ Fwy
Dallas, TX 75234
Patents, IP and Trademarks
John Lindsay is an intellectual property attorney with a technical background in software, chemistry, and electronics who provides patent, trademark, and other intellectual property law services. He helps with the legal aspects of analysis, protection, and commercialization of intellectual property in branding, invention, and content matters.
Jason Erik Mueller
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Jason Erik Mueller
Dallas, TX Patents Lawyer with 19 years of experience
(214) 740-8000 2200 Ross Ave
Dallas, TX 75201
Patents, Consumer and IP
Hillary Anne Brooks
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Hillary Anne Brooks
Dallas, TX Patents Lawyer with 28 years of experience
(214) 281-4545 6301 Gaston Ave. #1511
Dallas, TX 75214
Patents, IP and Trademarks
SMU Dedman School of Law
Carl Frank Melito
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Carl Frank Melito
Rockwall, TX Patents Lawyer with 30 years of experience
(972) 234-3966 2011 Portofino Dr.
Rockwall, TX 75032
Free ConsultationPatents, Communications and International
University of Iowa College of Law
In private practice in the Dallas area for over 20 years. U.S. and international patent prosecution for software, electro-mechanical and product designs; copyright, trademark, business litigation and corporate transactional law.
Leslie Dale Ware
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Leslie Dale Ware
Dallas, TX Patents Attorney with 32 years of experience
(214) 744-5000 1701 N Market St
Dallas, TX 75202
Patents, Business and IP
Leslie D. Ware is a Dallas based lawyer specializing in patent management and licensing.
Steven J Laureanti
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Steven J Laureanti
Dallas, TX Patents Lawyer with 16 years of experience
(602) 333-5440 2200 Ross Avenue
Suite 4800 West
Dallas, TX 75201
Patents, IP and Trademarks
Texas Wesleyan University
Steven Laureanti is an attorney and shareholder at JacksonWhite Attorneys at Law, one of the largest full-service firms in Phoenix's East Valley. Steven focuses his practice on intellectual property, including patent law, IP consulting and auditing, IP litigation and outside counsel, international IP and related areas. He has extensive experience in the areas of patent preparation, appeals, prosecution and reexaminations. With his background in engineering, Steven is extremely familiar with mobile technologies, telecommunications, medical technologies and other high-tech industries. To learn more about Steven's comprehensive intellectual property services, visit his website with the link in the left-hand sidebar.
Theresa Dawson
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Theresa Dawson
(214) 865-6506 8150 N. Central Expy.
Suite 500
Dallas, TX 75206
Dallas, TX Patents Attorney with 15 years of experience
Patents and IP
Theresa Dawson is Senior Counsel a Carter Arnett. Theresa’s practice is focused primarily on high stakes intellectual property and complex commercial litigation. Theresa has represented numerous clients in federal courts around the country in intellectual property disputes involving a wide range of technologies, including e-commerce, computer software, encryption, telecommunications, network architecture, and mobile applications. Theresa’s intellectual property litigation practice has also involved multiple appeals, including arguing cases before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth and Federal Circuits. Theresa was previously Of Counsel at the Dallas office of Fish & Richardson P.C., where she represented clients in complex patent...
Robert Adalbert McLauchlan III
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Robert Adalbert McLauchlan III
Galveston, TX Patents Attorney with 25 years of experience
(512) 339-4100 1508 BAYOU HOMES DRIVE
Galveston, TX 77551
Patents, Arbitration & Mediation, Health Care and IP
University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, MD 2020 University of Texas at Austin, School of Law - JD 1999 United States Naval Academy, BS Physics 1988
Leela Madan
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Leela Madan
HOUSTON, TX Patents Lawyer with 14 years of experience
(713) 364-4796 4900 WOODWAY DR., STE. 675
HOUSTON, TX 77056
Patents, Business, IP and Trademarks
South Texas College of Law
Leela Madan’s practice includes domestic and international patent and trademark selection, registration, acquisition, enforcement, transfer, licensing, policing, and defense. Ms. Madan is experienced in US trademark administrative practices, including Opposition and Cancellation proceedings, before the U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB). Ms. Madan is also a licensed Patent Attorney with extensive experience in patent prosecution in the areas of chemistry and various types of engineering and other technologies. With almost five years of progressive experience, she has experience in the upstream oil and gas industry, including drilling muds and downhole tools, as well as experience in other...
James Alfred Southerland
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James Alfred Southerland
Houston, TX Patents Lawyer with 37 years of experience
(281) 928-4932 4141 Southwest Fwy
#300
Houston, TX 77027
Patents, Consumer, Employment and IP
University of Tennessee College of Law
Bill Raymond Naifeh
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Bill Raymond Naifeh
Dallas, TX Patents Lawyer with 31 years of experience
(972) 726-9500 15303 Dallas Parkway
Suite 700
Dallas, TX 75001
Patents, IP and International
Robert Katz
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Robert Katz
Dallas, TX Patents Lawyer
(214) 865-8000 6060 N. Central Expressway
Suite 560
Dallas, TX 75206
Patents and IP
Mr. Joshua S. Wyde
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Mr. Joshua S. Wyde
Houston, TX Patents Lawyer with 16 years of experience
(713) 482-1916 3740 Greenbriar #980609
Houston, TX 77098-0609
Patents, IP and Trademarks
University of Houston - Main Campus
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