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Patent & Trademark attorney with substantial in-house management and outside counsel legal experience. Focus on domestic and international patent and trademark procurement, licensing, due diligence, opinions, and counseling.Registered US Patent & Trademark Attorney since 1988, Reg. No. 32952. Member of the Board of Directors, 2012-18, President 2015-17National Association of Patent Practitioners (NAPP). AIPLA (Patent Law Committee, Chemical Practice Committee, Trademark Committee). Specialties:. Energy (conventional and renewable). Oil & gas exploration, completion, and production tools. Artificial lift. Fracing, frac-hit avoidance. Separations technology. Adhesives. Abrasives (coated, nonwoven, bonded, diamond). Combustion technology. Glass and glass production. Catalytic polymerization and catalysts, polyolefins (polyethylene, polypropylene). Elastomers. Materials science. Medical devices. Computer-aided cinematography. Trademarks (common law and registered). Trade secrets. Design patents (covering ornamental shape of objects)

Mr. Smits has over 20 years of experience in intellectual property litigation and transactional practice, involving patents, trademarks, trade secrets, copyright and other technology law related issues. Over the course of his career, he practiced in Los Angeles with Robbins, Berliner & Carson, which became the Intellectual Property Section of Fulbright & Jaworski in LA, before returning to Austin in 1998, initially joining the IP Section of Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld. Following his time at Akin, Gump, Mr. Smits worked at several start-up companies doing both legal and technical work before joining National Instruments in 2010, where to this day he is the head of their IP section as Senior IP Counsel at NI. During his stay at NI, the IP litigation and transactional practices have made major improvements in efficiency, cost savings and performance. Mr. Smits started his career as a product engineer with Texas Instruments in Dallas, first earning a BSEE from his home state's Michigan State University, along with an MBA in Engineering Management during his time at TI, before moving to Austin to secure his law degree from the University of Texas School of Law. He is licensed with the State Bar of Texas and the United States Patent Bar. Away from work, he enjoys travel, languages, reading, sports, gambling, craft beer, and supporting animal-related causes, both personally and through various charities.

Joseph Krebs Muller has focused on immigration matters since joining the Missouri Bar in the year 2012. He has dedicated nearly the entirety of his career to immigration law, whether through assisting individuals in applying for immigration benefits or defending them from removal.. Joseph has worked on a wide variety of immigration matters and has served thousands of clients in the following types of benefits:. The first step in any case is to schedule a consultation to determine the best options for you.

Experienced Property attorney serving clients in Austin and surrounding areas.

Experienced Property attorney serving clients in Austin and surrounding areas.