Overview
Tim transitioned from an electrical engineering career to a legal career at Schwegman, eager to help Schwegman’s clients protect their ideas. Tim has handled intellectual property matters for concepts ranging from the incremental to the revolutionary. Tim and SLW understand that all of the matters handled by our firm are important to our clients and deserve excellent care. Tim assists clients through activities such as patent drafting, acquisition, and supporting diligence, and he is well-versed in patent clearance investigations.
By way of particular areas of emphasis, Tim enjoys working on matters related to medical technology, including implantable devices, surgical apparatus, and medical imaging. Tim is also conversant in physics-oriented domains such as imaging science, acoustics, electromagnetics, and spectroscopy, as well as electronics-related subject matter including device structures, circuits, fabrication techniques, and display technologies. Tim is a private pilot and is also interested in mechanical technologies, particularly in the aerospace domain.
Tim is named as an inventor on multiple issued patents and understands the patent process particularly well as both a technical and legal practitioner. Above all, Tim approaches legal problems from a practical perspective with an eye on removing barriers and unlocking the value of his clients’ ingenuity. Tim values any opportunity to learn more about a prospective or existing client’s technology and business.
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
Bar Admissions & Associations
Bar Admissions
Minnesota
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Associations
American Intellectual Property Law Association
Minnesota Intellectual Property Law Association
Minnesota State Bar Association
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)
Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Society
Instrumentation and Measurement (I&M) Society
Representative Patents & Published Works
Representative Patents
US8818064
US8873043
US9014807
US8933848
US20150115923 (application soon-to-issue)
WO 2015/065339 (international application)
WO 2015/047369 (international application)
Published Works
“The Interplay Between FDA and Patent Law: Infusing Organizational Knowledge for Medical Device Companies,” Suneel Arora, Timothy Christman, Ashley Mays and Andrew Schmidt, Vol. 39:4, William Mitchell Law Review, 1176-1206, May 2013
Past Experience
Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, 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