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William D. Bauer

William D. Bauer is a founding shareholder in IPLM Group, P.A., an intellectual property law firm servicing high technology clients desiring good service and a quality product. Bill has over 26 years of experience practicing intellectual property law, focused on the preparation and prosecution of patent applications, both in the U.S. and around the world, intellectual property agreements and providing strategic intellectual property planning and management for major international corporations. Bill holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Iowa State University and a J.D. degree from William Mitchell College of Law. He is a registered patent attorney with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office and is admitted to practice law in the State of Minnesota.

Most recently, Bill was Director of Intellectual Property and Assistant Secretary at Imation Corp., an international corporation in the removable data storage and color graphics arts industries, where Bill managed the company's entire intellectual property portfolio. Prior to joining Imation in a spin-off in 1996, Bill practiced intellectual property law for the multi-national 3M Company for 17 years. Bill also practiced intellectual property law for Univac (now Unisys) after joining the company as an engineer and designing central processing units for digital computers.

Bill has technical experience in computer technology, including communication and data storage technologies, a variety of medical products, imaging, including print imaging, display imaging and color science, business methods, static control products, traffic control products and a variety of areas in the mechanical arts and physics.

   
Education

1974 JD William Mitchell College of Law
1969 BSEE Iowa State University
   
Admission to Practice

1977   U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota
1976   United States Patent and Trademark Office
1974   Minnesota Supreme Court
   
Work History

2002   IPLM Group, P.A. (Intellectual Property Law)
Shareholder
1996-2001   Imation Corp., Legal Affairs
Director of Intellectual Property & Assistant Secretary
1979-1996   Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co.,
Office of Intellectual Property Counsel
Senior Intellectual Property Counsel
1975-1979   Univac, Legal Dept.
Patent Attorney
1969-1975   Univac
Electrical Engineer