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EXPERIENCE
PEDERSEN & COMPANY, PLLC, PATENT ATTORNEY BOISE, IDAHO 1994-PRESENT
- Supervise patent, trademark, and copyright applications, including strategy, writing, filing and prosecution
- Litigate intellectual property law cases in federal and state courts
- Advise clients regarding intellectual property law matters
- Regular lecturer - Boise School District Community Education, and Idaho Small Business Development Center - College of Southern Idaho
DYKAS LAW OFFICES, PATENT ATTORNEY BOISE, IDAHO 1991-1994
- Drafted and prosecuted U.S. and international patent applications
- Litigated patent cases
- Counseled clients about intellectual property law matters
HYATT LEGAL SERVICES, MANAGING ATTORNEY AND STAFF ATTORNEY WOOD DALE AND MOLINE, ILLINOIS 1987 - 1991
- Supervised law office and staff, including five attorneys and six legal assistants
- Practiced in state and federal courts
- Opened and supervised new law offices in Moline and Peoria, Illinois
LAW OFFICES OF KEN J. PEDERSEN, ATTORNEY DES PLAINES, ILLINOIS 1983 - 1987
- Solo general law practice
UOP INC., CORPORATE PATENT ATTORNEY AND CHEMICAL ENGINEER DES PLAINES, ILLINOIS 1974 - 1983
- Drafted U.S. Patent applications pertaining to oil refining catalysts and processes
- Prosecuted chemical, electrical, and mechanical patent applications
- Operated pilot plants and started-up world-scale oil refinery units
EDUCATION
DEPAUL UNIVERSITY, CHICAGO, Juris Doctorate, 1982
ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, CHICAGO, B.S. Engineering Science, Chemical Engineering Concentration, 1973 – graduated with honors.
OTHER QUALIFICATIONS
- Registered to Practice, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Agent – 1979, Attorney - 1982 (Registration #29,689)
- Member, State Bars of Idaho and Illinois (inactive in Illinois)
- Licensed, Federal District Courts of Idaho and Illinois, Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, and U.S. Supreme Court
- Member, Local Rules Committee for the Federal District Court of Idaho