Timothy E. Bianchi
Attorney Minneapolis, Minnesota Shareholder
Timothy Bianchi is a patent attorney with bachelor's and master's degrees in electrical engineering. He advises businesses in domestic and international patenting, reexamination, opinions, licensing and enforcement. Tim's patent experience includes electronics, software, medical devices, telecommunications, e-commerce, digital electronics, digital signal processing, computer security, embedded processor designs, hearing aids, network hardware and software, wireless signaling, and RFID. He represents a variety of large and small companies. Tim has engineering experience from former employment with IBM and Honeywell. He also has research experience from his former employment with the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Minnesota and Honeywell Research. Tim chairs AIPLA's Electronics and Computer Law Patent Prosecution Committee and local committees on patent prosecution. He is a frequent speaker on intellectual property topics.
- William Mitchell College of Law, St. Paul, MN, 1994
- University of Minnesota, 1988
- M.S.E.E.
- Thesis: Characterization of Rare Gas Radio Frequency Glow Discharges
- Major: Electrical Engineering
- University of Minnesota, 1986
- B.S.E.E.
- Eta Kappa Nu, Electrical Engineering Honor Society
- Major: Electrical Engineering
Upcoming
• Tim will be a presenter at the program "The New Patent Law" on Monday, October 17, 2011 presented by the Minnesota State Bar Association's Continuing Legal Education. Tim will be speaking on "New, Revised and Now-Extinct Post-Issuance Proceedings." More information on the program can be found at www.minncle.org.
2011
• Tim spoke at the 10th Annual 2011 Midwest Intellectual Property Institute on Friday, September 23, 2011. His session "A Closer Look at Reexamination in 2011 and Beyond."
• Strategic Use of Reexamination after Patent Reform - Post-Grant Review and Inter Partes Review, AIPLA Electronics & Computer Patent Law Summit, St. Paul, MN (2011)
• Entrepreneurial Resources Session, Minnesota High Tech Association (MHTA) Spring Conference, Minneapolis (2011).
• Tools, Materials & Adaptive Engineering; Minnesota Medtech Businesses Thrive in Myriad Therapies – The Collaborative Convergence Series on Medtech, Minneapolis (2011).
• Recent Decisions on Joint Infringement and Extraterritoriality and their Impact on Computer Network Inventions, AIPLA Winter Meeting, Orlando (2011)
2010
• Patent Reexamination: The New Strategy for Litigating Infringement Claims, Strafford CLE National Webinar (2010)
• Advanced Patent Prosecution: Hot Topics in 2010: Statutory Subject Matter, Minnesota CLE (2010)
• Intellectual Property and Venture Capital, The Collaborative (2010)
• Litigation and Prosecution: Tips for the Litigation Team, Minneapolis (2010)
• Comments on Proposed Changes in Restriction Practice, MIPLA Patent Prosecution Committee (2010)
2009
• Inter Partes Reexaminations: Aspects for Prosecution and Litigation, Midwest IP Institute, (2009)
• Developments and Trends in Patent Law in 2009: Effects of KSR v. Teleflex on Patent Practice, Impact of Inter Partes Reexaminations on U.S. Patent Litigation, Patent Reform Law Proposals, Joint Infringement, Extraterritoriality Issues, Clarion Legal at Thomson Reuters, Inver Grove Heights (2009)
• Role of Intellectual Property in Financing Companies, The Collaborative (2009)
2008
• In re Bilski (en banc Federal Circuit Decision), MIPLA Patent Prosecution Committee(2008)
• Administrative Deference: The Federal Court Deference to PTO Rulemaking, MIPLA Patent Prosecution Committee (2008)
• Intellectual Property and Financing, The Collaborative, Minneapolis (2008)
• IP Basics for the Busy CEO, Vistage Seminar, Minneapolis (2008)
2007
• The Use of Evidence in Patent Prosecution: Rebutting Obviousness after KSR v. Teleflex, AIPLA Electronics and Computer Law Roadshow, Washington D.C. and Minneapolis (2007)
2006
• Prosecution Practices for Litigation, Midwest IP Institute (2006)
• Recent Decision on Obviousness – Dystar Textilefarben v. C.H. Patrick, MIPLA Patent Prosecution Committee (2006)
• Patent Portfolio Topics for Medical Device Companies, Minneapolis (2006)
• Quoted in MDDI Magazine Article: The Art of Intellectual Property (2006)
• Inventor Issues Panel Discussion, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles (2006)
2005
• Basics of Contributory Infringement, MIPLA (2005)
• Competitive Assessment from a Patent Perspective: Metrics and Strategies, Intellectual Asset Management, Minnesota State Bar Association (2005)
• Claim Construction in view of Phillips v. AWH, MIPLA (2005)
2004
• Basics of Inducing Infringement, MIPLA Patent Prosecution Committee (2004)
• Patenting Implantable Medical Devices Employing Software, Minnesota CLE (2004)
• Competitive Analysis of Patent Portfolios, Intellectual Asset Management, Minnesota State Bar Association (2004)
• IP Essentials, Hennepin County Bar Association (2004)
• Hot Topics in Patent Prosecution: Honeywell v. Hamiliton Sundstrand and The Knorr-Bremse Case – Adverse Inferences No Longer Necessary From Assertions of Privilege, SLW Webinar (2004)
2003
• A Summary of Festo Decisions, MIPLA Patent Prosecution Committee (2003)
• Pioneer Magnetics v. Micro Linear Corp. – A Precursor to Festo IX, MIPLA Patent Prosecution Committee (2003)
• Patent Portfolio Management for Medical Device Companies, Biomedical Alley Conference, Minneapolis (2003)
2002
• Patent Damages from a Business Perspective – SLW CLE Webinar (2002)
• Coordinating Domestic and International Patent Applications, MILE Seminar (2002)
2001
• IP for New Companies: Get Your IP Ready for Investment, The Collaborative, Minneapolis (2001)
2000
• E-Commerce and Business Method Patents, Minnesota State Bar Association, Minneapolis (2000)
• Patent Portfolio Management: Getting Up to Speed, AUTM Central Regional Meeting, Cincinnati (2000)
• Prosecution of Computer-Related Inventions from the Practitioner’s Perspective, AIPLA Advanced Computer and Electronics Patent Practice Seminar, San Francisco and New Orleans(2000)
• Energy Transportation Group v. Siemens Hearing Instruments et al. (2007)
• Auditory Licensing Corporation v. Starkey Laboratories, Inc. (2010)
• Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation v. Siemens Audiologische Technik GMBH et al. (2010)
• American Intellectual Property Law Association
• Minnesota Intellectual Property Law Association
• American Bar Association
• Minnesota State Bar Association
• Hennepin County Bar Association
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• Federal Circuit Bar Association
• Patent and Trademark Office Society
• Honeywell Systems and Research Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Senior Research Scientist
• IBM, Summer Intern
• Merchant & Gould, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Law Clerk, 1993
