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Matthew Prater
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I am the point-contact for intellectual property for the automotive and global application and technology (GApT) business lines. I am a lawyer admitted to practice in several US jurisdictions and am a patent attorney admitted to practice before the United States Patent Office. I am a mechanical engineer, and have experience in automotive engineering, specifically in Electrical and Electronics Research and Development. I also have fluid-power engineering experience. Before joining SABIC I was a lawyer in private practice.
Practice Areas
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Patents
- Patent Appeals, Patent Litigation, Patent Prosecution
- Intellectual Property
Fees
- Not Currently Accepting Clients
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
- Minnesota
Professional Experience
- Associate
- Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
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- Preparation and prosecution of patents, including patents related to machinery, including automobiles and medical devices. Specializing on batteries, capacitors and other power-related subjects.
- Clerk
- Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
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- Clerked for attorneys of the firm.
Education
- William Mitchell College of Law
- J.D. | Law
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- Honors: Dean's List, CALI, Burton award for small-group.
- Activities: Student intellectual property law association.
- Michigan Technological University
- B.S. | Mechanical Engineering
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- Honors: Tau Beta Pi, Dean's List.
- Activities: VP of Membership for the Society of Automotive Engineers
Professional Associations
- Minnesota State Bar
- Member
- Current
- AIPLA
- Member
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