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Attorneys
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Reed R.
Heimbecher
Partner
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Reed is the founding partner of the
Firm. For more than two decades,
he has practiced all aspects of
worldwide intellectual property law,
with an emphasis on patent and
trademark prosecution, client
counseling, and intellectual
property due diligence. A
significant portion of Reed's
practice involves providing
patentability, noninfringement, and
invalidity opinions. Reed also
drafts licenses, assignments, and
development agreements; and he
handles appeals before the Board of
Patent Appeals and Interferences and
in federal court.
(Reed's full bio)
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Mark
D. Trenner
Of Counsel
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Mark has been in
practice for over fourteen years,
first as a patent agent, then as a
patent attorney. He has
developed significant expertise in
the following areas of intellectual
property law: preparation and
prosecution of United States and
international utility and design
patent applications, preparation and
prosecution of trademark
applications, and managing
international patent and trademark
portfolios. Mark's technical
background covers a wide variety of
technologies, including electrical
and electronics devices, computer
hardware and software, chemical and
environmental processes, and
mechanical devices.
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Staff
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Maria A.
Heimbecher
Chief
Operations Officer
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Maria handles the
financial and human resource issues of the
firm. She is able to pull from
her Masters degree from the
University of Colorado and her years
of prior experience as an office
manager at a high-tech company and
an oil company, as well as six years
of accounting in two large law
firms. By overseeing the day-to-day business of the firm,
Maria maximizes the time available
for the
attorneys to practice substantive intellectual property
law. Prior to coming to
Colorado, Maria was involved in
marketing for an advertising agency
in Manhattan, NY whose accounts
encompassed a number of Fortune 50
companies.
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Adam D.
Malmut
Paralegal, Docket Clerk,
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Adam joined
Heimbecher & Assoc., LLC in
September 2003 after obtaining his
Bachelor’s degree in English and
Communication from the University of
North Carolina. Since joining
the firm, he has received training
in intellectual property docket
systems and patent office
procedures, including resident
training at the U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office and professional
training in the use of the Firm’s
current commercial docketing
software. Adam is responsible
for all docketing, data entry, and
report generation at the Firm, and he
oversees inventory of all firm
supplies. In addition, he
coordinates with domestic and
foreign associates concerning the
payment of all maintenance and
annuity fees. Adam also
assists the Firm’s attorneys with
legal and other research, putting
his prior experience as a research
assistant at the University of North
Carolina to good use. While
completing his degree, Adam was a
manager in the specialty food and
restaurant industry, with
responsibility for staffing,
payroll, and inventory control. |
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