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Guy R. Gosnell

Partner


Guy Gosnell leads the Intellectual Property Patents – Electrical & Computer Science Group and its efforts to counsel clients in regard to patent matters in the electrical, computer software and business method arts.  Guy has more than 20 years’ experience in the intellectual property field and is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Guy has been recognized as one of The Best Lawyers in America and is listed in Super Lawyers magazine.

Guy has been extensively involved in the drafting and prosecution of patent applications involving various aspects of electrical, computer and software technology. For example, he has secured patent protection for cutting edge telecommunications technology, including patent protection directed to the handset, to network components and topology, to signaling protocols, and to end user applications, to name but a few. Additionally, Guy has obtained patent protection for a wide range of other technology, including, for example:  fiber optic technology, medical imaging techniques, error resilient-encoding technology, signal processing schemes, printer configurations, microelectromechanical devices, holographic displays, integrated circuit simulation, field emission devices, flight simulation systems, high-power fiber optic lasers, antennas, heads-up displays, semiconductor wafer fabrication techniques and various types of software.

Representative Experience

  • Coordinates the firm’s patent procurement efforts for one of the world’s largest aircraft manufacturers in order to obtain patent protection for inventions cutting across a number of technical disciplines.
  • Leads the firm’s patent procurement efforts for one of the world’s largest telecommunications companies, including management of a worldwide patent portfolio with inventors and decision makers spread around the globe.
  • Coordinates the firm’s intellectual property representation of one of the world’s largest healthcare services companies including the procurement of patent rights for the company’s innovations and counseling regarding various third-party patents.


Publications
November 2007
"USPTO Implements New Rules Governing Continuing Applications and Claim Quantities," Patent Strategy and Management, November 2007.

Guy R. Gosnell

Bank of America Plaza
101 South Tryon Street
Suite 4000
Charlotte, NC 28280-4000
Phone: 704-444-1029
Fax: 704-444-1699

Education

  • St. Louis University
    (J.D., 1992)
  • University of Missouri
    (B.S.E.E., 1988)
  • University of Missouri
    (B.S.Co.E., 1988)

Admitted to Practice

  • North Carolina
  • U.S. Patent and Trademark Office