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A registered patent attorney, I followed my decade of engineering experience at a Fortune 100 company with more than 25 years of legal practice in law firms, a major scientific research institution and public corporations, most recently as worldwide director of intellectual property for Microsoft Services.
In my practice now, while I serve clients of all sizes, my focus is particularly on the needs of the individual inventor and entrepreneurial start-up. My goal for each client is to craft cost-effective strategies for developing, strengthening and enforcing the client's valuable intellectual property portfolio.
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State: New Mexico
Acquired: 2007
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State: Washington
Acquired: 2002
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State: District of Columbia
Acquired: 1992
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State: Colorado
Acquired: 1989
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Posted by Adam | January 01, 2024 | Hired Attorney | Patent Application
Excellent patent attorney
Mr Claiborne was an incredible asset in every step of the patent process. His deep understanding of both the legal and technical sides of the patent application gave me a ton of confidence. Plus, his experience with the patent processing and excellent communication made the application process much s...
Posted by Mark | May 02, 2022 | Hired Attorney | Patent Application
Quick, Accurate, Complete
Anthony took the time to completely understand the scope and nuances of my invention. He used his engineering and understanding of patent law to guide my application, adding value but not overstepping. I feel fortunate to have met him, and have him on my team.
Posted by Katerina | February 23, 2020 | Hired Attorney | Patent Application
Pleasure working with Anthony
It was great to work with Anthony over the past few months. I had conducted consultations with various trademark lawyers. From the get go, it was clear that Anthony was very experienced, informative, and kind. Anthony was extremely communicative, providing updates and thoroughly explaining every ...
Posted by Tom | April 07, 2019 | Hired Attorney | Patent Application
Very Helpful & Insightful
Anthony is fantastic. I was lucky enough to run into him at a Microsoft event, only weeks before my provisional patent was expiring. He quickly helped us complete our application and file before our provisional expired. I would highly recommend working with Anthony and plan to use him for all of ...
Posted by Kris | February 07, 2019 | Hired Attorney | Patent Application
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Anthony Claiborne was originally retained by our company to handle patents. Over an eight-year period, he filed and obtained eight patents on our behalf. Some were very complex and required substantial research. We moved our patent business to Anthony from another attorney and are glad he is returnin...
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Distinguished, Martindale-Hubbell
2015 - Present
Managing Attorney, Claiborne Patent Law Services
2004 - 2015
Sr. Director of Intellectual Property, Worldwide Services, Microsoft Corp.
2001 - 2003
Director, Office of Technology Transfer, University of Washington
2000 - 2003
Sr. Intellectual Property Counsel, Infospace, Inc.
1998 - 2000
Patent Counsel, Gateway, Inc.
1996 - 1998
Special Counsel for Intellectual Property, Rothgerber, Appel, Powers & Johnson
2019 - Present
Association of Computing MachineryAssociate Member
2019 - Present
Institute of Electrical and Electronics EngineersAssociate Member
2019 - Present
Washington State Patent Law AssociationMember
2007 - Present
State Bar of New MexicoMember
2002 - Present
Washington State Bar AssociationMember
1995 - Present
U.S. Patent and Trademark OfficeRegistered Patent Attorney
1989 - Present
Colorado Bar AssociationMember (inactive)
The Board agreed and we prevailed. Client's patent issued, U.S. 7,513,465 B2
Prevailed before the Board. Client's patent subsequently issued, U.S. 7,374,675 B2.
1989
JD - Juris Doctor
1973
BS - Bachelor of Science
1973
BA - Bachelor of Arts
2020
Oracle vs. Google
2015
Alice Vs. CLS Bank
2010
“Social Media: Intellectual Property and Ethical Challenges”
2010
In re: Bilsky” tried before the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
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