Gregory E. Stanton

For electronics and software innovations in industries such as communications, control systems, and green technologies, Gregory E. Stanton effectively secures and protects clients' intellectual property. With over a decade of experience prosecuting, analyzing, and litigating patents, he obtains strong patents and builds valuable patent portfolios on his clients' behalf. His engineering work designing communication and video systems and his graduate studies in communications and signal/video processing allow him to rapidly understand his clients' technologies and provide in-depth analyses of competitors' technologies and patents. Recent Client Work: Built lucrative patent portfolio for a leading semiconductor supplier covering new wireless communications technology. With Mr. Stanton's guidance in protecting its advancements in communication techniques, the company was able to bring products successfully to the market at competitive prices because they could cross-license on advantageous terms with others in the industry. Developed effective patent infringement case for client in litigation involving communications technology for delivering high speed data to the home. Representative Experience Mr. Stanton has benefited clients' interests through his broad patent work in such electronics and software technologies as: Communication systems, including wireless technologies such as CDMA and OFDM Networking technologies, such as switches/routers and deep packet inspection techniques Signal and image processing systems Control systems Analog and digital circuits Green Technologies, such as wave power systems Medical systems and devices Background and Credentials: Mr. Stanton has worked extensively for clients in all phases of patent prosecution and litigation. Additionally, he counsels clients on a wide array of intellectual property matters, including analyzing patent validity and infringement, and helping clients license their intellectual property. Before joining the firm, Mr. Stanton was an associate with Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP in the San Francisco Bay Area. He earned his J.D. from Northwestern University School of Law in 1999. Prior to law school, Mr. Stanton gained valuable technical know-how working as an engineer designing analog circuits, digital circuits, and software, for wireless communications systems and televisions. He obtained his M.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where his graduate work focused on signal processing, image processing and communications. He received his B.S. in electrical engineering, with highest honors, from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.