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Steven Lee Fisher-Stawinski
About Steven
Biography
Steven Fisher-Stawinski is a patent attorney from Buffalo Grove, IL. He is currently an in-house counsel at IBM working on patent licensing and assignment deals. Steven previously practiced patent prosecution in the IBM Patent Drafting Centers in Endicott, NY and Rochester, MN, and most recently has joined IBM's patent enforcement team. Before joining IBM in 2015, Steven practiced in a small firm and solo settings focusing on patent prosecution, trademark prosecution, and general litigation.
Education and Qualifications
Steve is a licensed patent attorney; he joined the Illinois bar in 2010 and became a registered practitioner with the United States Patent and Trademark Office in 2011. Steve graduated from DePaul University College of Law in December 2009 with a Juris Doctor and a Certificate in Intellectual Property and Information Technology. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Macalester College where he majored in Computer Science and minored in Physics.
IT and Scientific Background
Steve is a web developer as well as a lawyer with experience assisting business clients with their information technology and web development needs, as well as their legal needs. Today, Steve applies his IT background to understanding, describing, protecting, and asserting cutting edge IBM technology with enfrocement activities in web technologies, cloud, database, machine learning, and more. Steven has drafted numerous IBM patents in semiconductor, microelectronics, machine learning, IoT, web technologies, coud, database, and more. Steven has drafted patents for non-IBM clients in diverse areas including architectural products, consumer products, tools, mobile apps, chemical products, and pharmaceutical products.
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Licensed in Illinois for 15 years
State: Illinois
Acquired: 2010
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Location
International Business Machines (Ibm)
10 N Martingale Rd, FLR 3, Schaumburg, IL, 60173
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Posted by Kerry | July 26, 2016 | Hired Attorney | Patent Application
Very Professional
Steve has done two patent applications for our firm, and is working on a third. He possesses a good "engineering sense" to understand our product with minimal input. His work is timely and thorough, and he utilizes a good calendar system for docketing our applications and reporting to us regularly....
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Experience
Honors
2009
Excellence for the Future Award, CALI
Work Experience
2015 - Present
Lead Patent Attorney, IBM
2011 - 2011
Attorney, Illinois Office of the State Fire Marshal
2011 - 2015
Owner, stevefs atty@law
2011 - 2015
Senior Associate Attorney, The Gray Law Group, LTD
2009 - 2011
Law Clerk, City of Chicago Department of Law
Associations
2007 - Present
Illinois State Bar AssociationMember
Sample of Legal Cases
Sealing, Absorbing, and Decoupling Speaker Ring Kit
Patent Issued
Strap-on-hunting-hanger
Patent Issued
Straw holder for beverage cup or beverage cup lid
Patent Issued
Skin treatment compositions and methods of use
Patent Issued
The Noveltee Card
Inventor is Marketing Under Patent Pending Status
Education
2009
DePaul University College of Law
JD - Juris Doctor
2005
Macalester College
Bachelor of Arts
Languages
Mandarin
Activity
Legal Answers
Legal Answers
Q&A
Is it illegal to take a video game console apart and rebuild it in a laptop case to build a portable console for resale?
17 Jul 2014
Q&A
Should I add my wife's name to my patent application?
19 Jul 2014
Q&A
Do I need to ask an author's permission to review their book on my blog? If I give a bad review, can I be sued? Thank you.
29 Jun 2014