Timothy 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

Patent Services:

• Patent Prosecution
• Portfolio Analysis
• Freedom To Operate
• Opinions
• Acquisitions
• Claim Mapping
• Patent Portfolio Strategy and Management

Education:

• 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
• University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 2009
  • J.D.
  • Magna Cum Laude
  • Commencement Speaker, Class of 2009; McHale Scholarship; Dean's Distinguished Scholar; Book Award