BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

PARTNERS

JOHN P. O'BANION, J.D., P.E., B.S.E.E. (Managing Partner)

Education:        University of California, Davis, B.S. Electrical Engineering, 1975; University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, J.D., 1981.

Concentration:   Patent; Trademark; Copyright; Trade Secret; Unfair Competition; Litigation; Licensing; Business Counseling; Electronics; Computers and Software; Registered Patent Attorney - Registration No. 33,201; Registered Professional Engineer.

Member:           State Bar of California (Member, Intellectual Property Section; Executive Committee, Member 1996-2001, Program Chair 1998-1999, Vice Chair 1999-2000, Chair 2000-2001; Council of State Bar Sections, Section Representative 2001-2002, Vice-Chair, 2002-2003, Chair 2003-2004; Board of Governors Task Force, Member 2003-2004); District of Columbia Bar; Sacramento County and American (Member, Section on Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law) Bar Associations; Sacramento Intellectual Property Law Association (Chief Financial Officer and Member, Board of Directors, 1990-1997); San Francisco Intellectual Property Law Association; American Intellectual Property Law Association; United States Patent and Trademark Office Society.  Martindale-Hubbell AV rated; listed in Bar Register of Preeminent Attorneys; Northern California Super Lawyers.

E-Mail:              jpo@intellectual.com

John P. O'Banion, J.D., P.E., B.S.E.E. Registered Patent Attorney & Registered Professional Engineer

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JAMES M. RITCHEY, J.D., Ph.D.

Education:        University of Redlands, B.S., 1969; Northwestern University, M.S., 1971; Northwestern University, Ph.D. (biochemistry), 1974; University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, J.D., 1985; National Institutes of Health Post Doctoral Fellow, Department of Molecular Biology, University of California at Berkeley, 1975-1977.

Concentration:  Patent Prosecution; Chemistry; Biochemistry; Molecular Biology; Registered Patent Attorney - Registration No. 32,594.

Member:           State Bar of California (Member: Intellectual Property Section); Sacramento County and American (Member, Section on Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law) Bar Associations; San Francisco Intellectual Property Law Association; American Intellectual Property Law Association; American Chemical Society.  Listed in Bar Register of Preeminent Attorneys.

Professor of Chemistry, California State University, Sacramento, 1977-present; Adjunct Professor of Law, McGeorge School of Law, 1985-present.

E-Mail:              jmr@intellectual.com

ASSOCIATE ATTORNEYS

STEVEN L. SMITH, J.D., B.S.M.B.

Education:        University of Utah, B.S. Molecular Biology, 1986; University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, J.D.

Concentration:   Patent; Trademark; Copyright; Trade Secret; Unfair Competition; Litigation; Registered Patent Attorney - Registration No. 44,343.

Member:           State Bar of California (Member: Intellectual Property Section); Sacramento County and American (Member, Section on Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law) Bar Associations.

E-Mail:              sls@intellectual.com

ROBERT F. KRAMER, J.D., B.S.A.E.

Education:        San Jose State University, B.S. Aerospace Engineering; Santa Clara University School of Law, J.D.

Concentration:   Patent; Medical Devices; Registered Patent Attorney - Registration No. 51,242.

Member:           State Bar of California (Member, Intellectual Property Section); Sacramento County Bar Association.

E-Mail:              rfk@intellectual.com

JENNIFER A. FLEISCHER, J.D., M.S.

Education:        University of California, Santa Barbara, B.S. Microbiology, 1998; University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, J.D. Intellectual
                        Property Law Concentration, 2007; California State University, Los  Angeles, M.S. Molecular Genetics, 2012.

Concentration:   Patent; Trademark; Copyright; Molecular Biology; Registered Patent  Attorney - Registration No. 69, 469.

Member:           State Bar of California; California Women Lawyers; Queen's Bench Bar Association.

E-Mail:              jaf@intellectual.com

RICHARD M. WIESNER, J.D., P.E., M.E.Ch.E. (of counsel)

Education:        University of Missouri, B.S Chemical Engineering, B.S. Mechanical Engineering; University of South Carolina, M.E.
                        Chemical Engineering; National University, Masters, Business Administration; University of the Pacific, McGeorge
                        School of Law, J.D.

Concentration:   Patent; Mechanical systems, Environmental systems, HVAC systems, Building Sciences, Physical Sciences.  Registered Patent Attorney – Registration No. 48,748; Registered Chemical Engineer, Registered Mechanical Engineer.

Member:           State Bar of California (Member, Intellectual Property Section); Sacramento County and American Bar Associations (Member, Section on Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law); American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE).

E-Mail:              rmw@intellectual.com

JOSEPH R. MILNER (Joe), Ph.D., J.D.. (of counsel)

Education:        University of South Florida, B.A. Mathematics; University of Wyoming, M.S. Mechanical Engineering; Purdue University, Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering; Santa Clara University Law School, J.D.

Concentration:   Patent; Licensing; Startup Companies; Registered Patent Attorney - Registration No. 42,896.

Member:           State Bar of California (Member: Intellectual Property Section).

E-Mail:              jrm@intellectual.com 

REGISTERED PATENT AGENTS

RODGER H. RAST, B.S.E.E.

Education:        California Polytechnic State University, B.S.E.E., 1980.

Concentration:   Patent; Microcontrollers, Digital Hardware, Software, Semiconductor & Thick-film Circuit Design, Telecommunications, Firmware, Data Acquisition, Digital Signal Processing, Analog Hardware.  Registered Patent Agent - Registration No. 45,853.

E-Mail:              rhr@intellectual.com