Steven R. Greenfield

Partner

Practice Concentration & Experience

Steven Greenfield's practice concentration is in intellectual property, including patents, trademarks, trade secret, and copyright law, with an emphasis on all phases of U.S. and foreign intellectual property procurement, licensing, infringement analysis and opinion, and strategic portfolio management.

Special areas of experience: analog and digital devices (micro controllers, memory, timing, optical, manufacturing, test equipment); communication equipment (telephone switching and mobile devices); electro-mechanical devices; medical devices and equipment (lasik lasers and procedures, angioplasty and laser catheters, digital imaging, internal pacemakers and defibrillators, blood/body fluid analyzers, sterilization and secure medicine storage, patient monitoring devices); recording equipment (video, digital), automotive (engine controls, fuel injection control, braking control, accessories, test equipment); business method patents, and Internet issues.

Other Professional Experience

Prior to graduating from law school, Mr. Greenfield was a legal clerk for the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office, Philadelphia, PA, 1990 in the major trial unit. Mr. Greenfield was a design and systems design engineer for a total of four years at Chrysler Technologies Airborne Systems, Inc., Richardson, TX, 1988 - 1989 and E-Systems, Inc., Greenville, TX, 1985 - 1988, where he designed microprocessor based circuitry for communication and reconnaissance devices installed in U.S. Air Force and Navy aircraft.

Education

Mr. Greenfield graduated from Temple University, School of Law, Philadelphia, PA (J.D., 1992) and Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA (BEE: Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, 1985).

Licenses & Admissions

Mr. Greenfield is registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office and is admitted to the State Bars of Texas (1995), District of Columbia (1994), and Pennsylvania (1992).

Professional Affiliations

Mr. Greenfield is a member of the American Bar Association; American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA); Dallas Bar Association, Intellectual Property Group and Corporate Group.

Related Experience

Instructor: Patent Resource Group, Drafting and Prosecuting Winning Patents Speaker: Supply Chain Counsel, Business Method Patents- The New Weapon, January 2000.