Attorney Profile

Timothy J. Christman is a registered patent attorney and an associate at SLW. His practice includes patent procurement, portfolio analysis, technical analysis, and strategic counseling, with emphasis on active medical devices, wireless technologies, electromagnetics, optics, photonics, semiconductors, and microelectronic fabrication. He has extensive prior experience in design and test engineering roles, and holds both Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Electrical Engineering from Missouri S&T (formerly UMR). At Missouri S&T, he was a research assistant in the Electromagnetic Compatibility Lab. Prior to law school, he worked for Guidant Corporation, later Boston Scientific - CRM. He is named as a co-inventor on multiple pending patents.

Areas of Practice:

• Analog circuits
• Biomedical Technologies
• Cardiac Devices
• Circuits
• Communications

Bar Admissions:

• Minnesota
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Education:

• University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 2009
  • J.D.
  • Magna Cum Laude
  • Commencement Speaker, Class of 2009; McHale Scholarship; Dean's Distinguished Scholar; Book Award
• Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO, 2000
  • M.S.E.E
  • Chancellor's Fellowship; 4.0 GPA; Electromagnetics and Optics Course Emphasis
• Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO, 1998
  • B.S.E.E.
  • Summa Cum Laude

Professional Associations and Memberships:

• American Intellectual Property Law Association
• Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
  • EMC Society; I&M Society

Past Employment Positions:

• Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A., Registered Patent Agent, 2007-2009
• Boston Scientific, CRM, 2006
• Guidant Corporation, 1997, 1998, 2000-2006
• Electromagnetic Compatibility Laboratory, Univ. of Missouri - Rolla, 1999
• Advanced Bio-Surfaces, 1996