Walter W. Nielsen is a registered patent attorney having expertise in the areas of computer software and hardware, satellite-based communications systems, semiconductor circuits and packaging, and electronics. Walt received his undergraduate degree in physics from Ohio State University (B.S., 1964) and his law degree from George Washington University Law School (J.D., with honors, 1968), where he was a member of the George Washington Law Review. Walt has a wide range of intellectual-property experience, including three years as a patent examiner in the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, one-and-a-half years with AccuRay Inc.'s computer-based process control business, four years at Honeywell Inc.'s large computer system business, and twenty-one years at Motorola, Inc., where he founded Motorola's European Patent Operations and most recently lead the intellectual property team responsible for protecting the Iridium global satellite-based telecommunications system. His practice includes patent prosecution, opinions, licensing, technology and development agreements, U.S. government contracts, IP asset utilization, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets. Walt is a resident of Phoenix, Arizona, and he is admitted to practice in Arizona and Virginia. He is a member of the Arizona State Bar Intellectual Property Section, the Maricopa County (Arizona) Bar Association, the Virginia Bar Association, and is a former Board Member of the Arizona Patent Law Association.