Eric Little is a registered patent agent at Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner.  Eric has a broad engineering and entrepreneurial background with more than 20 years of experience focusing on the research, development and commercialization of new products and technologies in the automotive, acoustic, mechanical testing/control and medical device fields.  In addition to his industrial experience, Eric has served as a post-doctoral Fellow at the University of Minnesota’s Medical Devices Center, an adjunct professor at the University of Minnesota and is the founder/co-founder of two medical device start-up companies in the cardiac care space.  He is the author of several peer-reviewed and conference publications and is an active advocate/mentor for “hands-on” grade school and high school STEM educational experiences.  Eric received his law degree from William Mitchell College of Law and his PhD in Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics from Michigan Technological University.