Gallagher & Lathrop A Professional Corporation
Intellectual Property Law

RÉSUMÉ OF THOMAS A. GALLAGHER

Mr. Gallagher holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Tulane University and a Juris Doctor degree from George Washington University. He is a member of the Order of the Coif, which recognizes superior academic achievement in legal studies.

Following one years' experience as a patent examiner in the United States Patent Office (1965-1966), Mr. Gallagher served as a patent agent for the Office of Naval Research (1966-1967). He has considerable experience as a patent attorney with the Communications Satellite Corporation (1968-1969), Limbach, Limbach & Sutton (1969-1982), Majestic, Gallagher, Parsons & Siebert (1982-1988), and the present firm (1988-date).

Areas of legal practice include validity and infringement counseling and opinions, patent and trademark licensing, patent litigation support, U.S. and international patent applications and enforcement.

Technical subject areas include electronics and computer technology, particularly audio and video signal processing (analog and digital), image scanning and processing, telecommunications, spread spectrum communications, and radio-frequency propagation and antennas.

Mr. Gallagher is registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and is admitted to the California State Bar and the Maryland State Bar (inactive status).

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RÉSUMÉ OF DAVID N. LATHROP

Mr. Lathrop holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois, a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from New York University, and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law.

Prior to becoming a patent attorney, Mr. Lathrop obtained considerable experience with telecommunications and complex multi-processor computer systems while working as a staff engineer at Bell Telephone Laboratories (1969-1972, 1974-1978), and he obtained experience with IBM mainframe systems and networking while working as management information systems manager for Mervyn's (1978-1987). He has been with the firm since 1988.

Areas of legal practice include validity and infringement counseling and opinions, patent litigation support, U.S. and international patent applications and enforcement.

Technical subject areas include audio and acoustics, color calibration and three-dimensional textural mapping, computer hardware, software and peripherals, data communications, data encryption, digital signal processing, electronics, optical scanning, optical lasers, semiconductor device design and fabrication, and mechanical designs.

Mr. Lathrop is registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and is admitted to the California State Bar.

See also Mr. Lathrop's biography at


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