Work:
Lund Patent Law
Aug 2009 to 2000
Stolowitz, Ford, Cowger
Portland, OR
May 2008 to Aug 2009
Patent/Trademark Attorney - domestic, international, PCT
Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson
Minneapolis, MN
Aug 2005 to Apr 2008
Patent Agent/IP Attorney - patent prosecution
Lund Engineering
Lake Elmo, MN
Nov 1998 to Sep 2004
President of product development consulting firm
Teltech Resource Network
Apr 1997 to Nov 1998
Knowledge Management Consultant
Teltech Resource Network
Bloomington, MN
Sep 1996 to Nov 1998
Teltech Resource Network
Sep 1996 to Apr 1997
Knowledge Analyst
Recovery Engineering, Inc. "P r"
Sep 1993 to Jul 1996
Senior Project Engineer
Recovery Engineering, Inc. "P r"
Sep 1992 to Jul 1996
Head of Research and Development
Recovery Engineering, Inc. "P r"
Minneapolis, MN
Sep 1990 to Jul 1996
Recovery Engineering, Inc. "P r"
Sep 1990 to Sep 1992
Engineer in Charge of Current Products
Innovative Interfacing Inc
Lake Elmo, MN
Nov 1989 to Sep 1990
President of corporation which focused
3M Company, Corporate Research Process Technologies Laboratory
Saint Paul, MN
Jun 1988 to Nov 1989
Advanced Research Scientist
IBM Corporation
Endicott, NY
May 1984 to Aug 1984
Summer Pre-Professional - Photolithography Process Development
Union Carbide Corporation
Indianapolis, IN
May 1981 to Nov 1981
Co-op Engineer - Amorphous Coatings Development
Skills:
James L. Lund jimlund55@comcast.net 55 Eagle Crest Drive Lake Oswego, OR 97035 (503) [] BAR ADMISSIONS, EDUCATION, AND LICENSURE: Oregon Bar: admitted 5/07 [] MN Bar admitted 9/07 [] USPTO: Registered #57,870 9/05. William Mitchell College Of Law St. Paul, MN (finished fall 06 at Lewis & Clark, Portland, OR) J.D. 2007. Cumulative GPA = 3.0/4.0; Class Rank 37/123 (top 30%). Intellectual Property Specialization. District Court Externship with Judge Dale B. Lindman 6/05 8/05. Giles Rich Moot Court Team: (10/04 4/05) 2nd place of 24 in Regionals; our team competed at Nationals. Helped coach 2006 Giles Rich Moot Court Team to Nationals. Motion Practice Memorandum nominated for the Burton Award (4/04). Professional Engineering Licensure: EIT exam (4/92); P.E. Mechanical Engineering (10/92); P.E. Chemical Engineering (4/93); P.E. Metallurgical Eng. (10/93). University Of California, Berkeley, Santa Barbara Master's of Science in Mechanical Engineering (Materials and Mechanics emphasis), June 1988. GPA = [] Research involved the development and analysis of composite test specimens to generate mixed - mode fracture toughness data which may be used to better predict the failure of commercially significant composite materials and coatings. The net effect of the research was to allow for smaller factors of safety in the design of composite components, thereby making them smaller and less expensive. Transferred with advisor Dr. Anthony Evans from Berkeley to U.C.S.B. where he chaired their new Materials Program. Helped set up facilities and taught undergraduate materials science courses. Michigan Technological University Houghton, MI Bachelor's of Science in Materials Science/Metallurgical Engineering, June 1985. GPA = [] (top 10%). Obtained seven scholarships as a result of academic achievements. Senior Project sponsored by NASA under the supervision of Dr. R.W. Heckel on the effect of trace amounts of yttrium on the diffusivity of aluminum in Ni-Cr-Al overlay coatings. V.P. of Alpha Sigma Mu honor society. Tutored solid mechanics course sections for mechanical engineering majors, co-oped for Union Carbides coatings group, summer intern at IBM modeling heat transfer in vapor phase soldering machine to optimize new production process. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Lund Patent Law Portland, OR (8/09 Present). Continue patent prosecution, trademark prosecution, and contract/licensing work for a dozen clients while also completing contract work for patent law firms. Also provide engineering consulting in the areas of product design and process development, including materials specification, FEM analysis of parts and assemblies, applied fluid dynamics, and heat transfer analysis. Stolowitz, Ford, Cowger Portland, OR (5/08 8/09). Patent/Trademark Attorney - domestic, international, PCT; patent novelty, infringement and validity opinions, reissues, and client counseling. Technology practice areas include both hardware and software (routers, internet TVs, network devices, semiconductor packaging, LEDs, antennas, wireless devices, network communication protocols, QOS, cell phones, microphones, printers, scanners, social media) and business methods, in addition to medical devices, and various processes/devices in the broad mechanical, chemical, metallurgical, materials, and electromechanical fields. Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson Minneapolis, MN (8/05 4/08). Patent Agent/IP Attorney patent prosecution in broad mechanical, chemical, metallurgical, materials and electromechanical fields. Litigation support, claim charting, and freedom to operate analysis. Lund Engineering Lake Elmo, MN (11/98 9/04). President of product development consulting firm. Developed and assisted in the launch of proprietary products for client companies. Provided services according to client needs in concept development, prototyping, design, specification, vendor qualification, manufacturing troubleshooting, and automated assembly. Proficient in use of Solidworks 3D CAD modeling & COSMOS FEM. Duties also typically included systems development (PDP, EDC, QC protocol) and implementation, and department setup/reorganization to ensure profitability. Also occasionally served as an expert witness in patent infringement cases. Teltech Resource Network Bloomington, MN (9/96 11/98) Knowledge Management Consultant (4/97 11/98). Developed 40,000 document proprietary intranet site for Alcatel providing up to date technical and business intelligence in the areas of optical fiber and fiber optic cable. Interviewed 35 technical and business leaders in the company, developed set of 24 complex Boolean algorithms (1 to 3 pages each) to automatically collect new information from dozens of reliable sources, and code to parse and incorporate this information into an intranet site which may be searched in a dozen ways and whose industry specific technical jargon is fully hyperlinked. Knowledge Analyst Competitive Intelligence (9/96 4/97). Developed expertise in research utilizing expensive online patent, technical, and business databases for clients; facilitated client consultations with renowned experts. Recovery Engineering, Inc. "P r" Minneapolis, MN (9/90 7/96) Developed and launched several products for start up company sold to Proctor & Gamble in 1999. Obtained 6 patents for my work which lead to products whose net sales well exceed [] Head of Research and Development (9/92 7/96). Oversaw technology development/acquisition and competitor evaluation activities of P r while also designing products utilizing these new technologies. Developed patented process for the production of iodinated resins used in freshwater purifiers; successfully scaled up my lab-scale process by a factor of 10,000 to 1 in two weeks. The first two batches paid for all capital equipment and set the stage for launch of water purifier product lines. Senior Project Engineer (9/93 7/96). Designed two patented end-of -life mechanisms for cartridge water purifiers, an NSF approved faucet mounted water purifier that incorporates a turbine driven visual indicator/mechanical shutoff device, and a disinfecting carafe with a proprietary wait-time chamber. Developed test programs utilizing automated data acquisition and control for the testing of purifiers to establish the reliability of their various functional systems. Headed large cross-functional teams to accomplish these goals. Was also Head of R+D at this time. Engineer in Charge of Current Products (9/90 9/92). Designed reverse osmosis desalination pump assemblies, P r freshwater purifier assemblies, and worked with vendors to implement and improve existing designs. Also designed jigs and fixtures for use in the efficient assembly of these products and troubleshot manufacturing issues. Innovative Interfacing Inc. Lake Elmo, MN (11/89 9/90) President of corporation which focused on the development of proprietary products. This venture served as an apprenticeship in design engineering and small business entrepreneurship. 3M Company, Corporate Research Process Technologies Laboratory St. Paul, MN Advanced Research Scientist (6/88 11/89). Developed proprietary materials processing techniques involving lasers and various thin film deposition techniques (CVD, PVD, PECVD) to produce unique composite materials. Awarded $50,000 "Genesis Grant" which ultimately lead to two patents for 3M. IBM Corporation, Endicott, NY (5/84 - 8/84). Summer Pre-Professional - Photolithography Process Development. Union Carbide Corporation, Indianapolis, IN (5/81 - 11/81). Co-op Engineer - Amorphous Coatings Development PATENTS AND PUBLISHED PAPERS: Lund, Jim, Developments in the Extra-Territorial Enforcement of U.S. Patents, Or. Intell. Prop. Newsl., (Or. St. B.), vol. 10, n. 1, Fall 2008, pp. 6-9. "Refillable Bait Station. Primary inventor on patent for unique reusable insect bait station which can be used to target several nuisance species of insect developed for Clorox. US Patents [] and [] Water Filter Cartridge End-of-Life Mechanism. Primary inventor of end of life mechanism used in P r carafe cartridges. US Patent [] End of Life Mechanism for Cartridge Filter." Sole inventor of proprietary mechanism used in P r filter cartridge to used in 16 million Braun Coffeemakers worldwide. US Patents [] and [] "Faucet Mounted Water Treatment Device." Coinventor of purifier incorporating a unique end-of-life mechanism. US Patent [] Water Filter Cartridge. Coinventor on patent for proprietary cartridge used in the P r faucet mounted water purifier. US Patent [] "Water Purifier." Primary inventor on patent for P r disinfecting carafe incorporating iodinated resin, a wait-time chamber, and scavenger media. [] "Method for Preparing Halogenated Resins." Sole inventor. US Patent [] Evans, Anthony G., Charalambides, Panos G., and Lund, James L., "A Test Specimen for Determining the Fracture Resistance of Bimaterial Interfaces," Journal of Applied Mechanics, 3/89, pp 77-82. Groundbreaking work cited by over 5000 subsequent papers. Evans, Anthony G., Charalambides, Panos G., and Lund, James L., "Development of a Test Method for Measuring the Mixed Mode Fracture Resistance of Bimaterial Interfaces," Mechanics of Materials Journal, 8 (1990), pp [] Cited by over 5000 papers.
