Marc Baumgartner – Patent and Trademark Attorney

Practice Areas
Marc's intellectual property practice includes providing patent searches and patentability opinions, patent drafting, filing, and prosecution, non-infringement and invalidity opinions, cease and desist letters, licensing and assignment agreements, and trademark prosecution and consultation.

Marc has prepared and prosecuted patent applications in a variety of technologies, including immunology, gene delivery and therapy, microarrays, virology, bacteriology, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, ultrasound, and mechanical devices.

Legal Experience
Marc has over six years of intellectual property experience. Prior to forming Baumgartner Patent Law, Marc was the managing partner of Intellectual Property at Achtel Law Firm, APC and an associate at Knobbe, Martens, Olson, and Bear, LLP. Through his work there, Marc represented numerous leading institutions including Genentech, Illumina, Inc, Ashland Inc, and the Salk Institute for Biological Sciences.

During law school, Marc externed for the honorable Napoleon Jones in the Southern District of California.

Education
J.D., University of San Diego School of Law (magna cum laude)
B.S., Linfield College, Major in Biology, Minors in Chemistry and Philosophy

Representative Patents and Published Patent Applications:

US Patent No. 6,436,389 "Stimulation of Cell Proliferation by Glycosylated Cystatin C"
US Patent No. 6,702,141 "One-handed Refreshment Center"
US Patent No. 6,736,979 "Device and Process for Treating a Liquid Medium"
US Patent No. 6,821,510 "Methods and Compositions for Promoting the Maturation of Monocytes"
US Patent No. 6,893,633 "Methods and Compositions for Promoting the Maturation of Monocytes"
US Patent No. 6,660,842 "Specificity Exchangers that Redirect Antibodies to Bacterial Adhesion Receptors"
Publication number 20040191243 "System and Method for Stabilizing Antibodies with Histidine"
Publication number 20040141969 "Method for the Treatment of Nephritis Using Anti-PDGF-DD Antibodies"

Representative Clients and Testimonials :

"If you are looking for a patent attorney who cares about his clients, you should choose Marc. His work is very thorough and his work product is great." - Erik Groset, CEO D & G Solutions, LLC. LiveSpeakR

"Marc Baumgartner is a very honest and thorough patent attorney. Marc patented my highly technical fish strike indicators that are built inside fishing reels. I plan to patent other products and will only use Marc as my patent attorney. "-Rick Hoag, inventor of the "Reel Alert" fish strike indicator. Reel Alert

"We retained Marc to file a new trademark application and to advise us regarding a trademark infringement dispute. Marc possesses a valuable skill – the ability to combine his excellent understanding of the law with pragmatic, real-world advice. He responded to all of our inquiries promptly and has kept us updated when needed. Marc is also very efficient, so our legal bills have been surprisingly reasonable." -Michael Bishop, Bella Bling Bella Bling

"When the time came to seek professional counseling on patent and trademark laws, it was important for me to find a law firm that understands and can explain those often complex issues in simple terms, therefore making it easy and quick to resolve potential issues. I found such a firm when I hired Baumgartner Patent Law. Marc Baumgartner met all these criteria and he made it his mission to provide me with the most professional and effective "legal partnership" I was looking for. He quickly identified potential patent conflicts and developed winning arguments that helped my firm avoid drawn out, costly and unnecessary legal battles with our adversary. Baumgartner Patent Law is a "must have" in your phone directory and on your bookmark bar when you run a small to medium company that needs legal assistance.
Heinz D. Haffner CEO / President HIMG Inc | HOOF-it Technologies Hoof-It

Professional Associations
Marc is admitted to represent clients from anywhere in the world before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (Registration No. 53,976) and is also admitted to practice law in the State of California (California State Bar No. 216395).