Merchant & Gould PC

Albert W. Vredeveld

Albert Vredeveld practices general intellectual property law with an emphasis on patent prosecution, patent litigation, and client counseling.  H... (more)

Alpaslan Sapmaz

Alp practices general intellectual property law with an emphasis on patent application drafting and prosecution of mechanical patents for both domesti... (more)

Barry P. Rubin

Barry is a registered patent agent whose practice encompasses preparing and prosecuting patent applications and providing litigation support. He has o... (more)

Brian R. Dorn

Dr. Dorn practices intellectual property law with an emphasis on patent prosecution and opinion work. He advises clients regarding patent filing strat... (more)

Charles P. Marabella

Charles practices general intellectual property law with an emphasis on patent preparation and prosecution in the chemical and pharmaceutical arts. Ch... (more)

D. Randall King

Currently the Managing Director and CEO of Merchant & Gould, Randy has been with the firm since 1976. Prior to joining the firm, he served for three y... (more)

Eric R. Chad

Eric practices general intellectual property law with an emphasis on patent, trademark, and copyright litigation. Prior to joining Merchant & Goul... (more)

Ernest W. Grumbles

Ernest is a trial attorney and has handled numerous intellectual property disputes in federal courts around the United States, including patent litiga... (more)

Jarett D. Millar

Jarett is an attorney in the Minneapolis Office of Merchant & Gould. Prior to joining Merchant & Gould, Jarett worked for 10 years as a Mechanica... (more)

Joshua P. Graham

Joshua practices general Intellectual Property law, focusing on litigation support, as well as patent and trademark prosecution support. During law sc... (more)

Karen A. Fitzsimmons

Karen practices general intellectual property law with an emphasis on the procurement of both U.S. and foreign patent rights. This patent prosecution ... (more)

Rachel K. Zimmerman

Rachel practices general intellectual property law with an emphasis on litigation and client counseling. Her litigation practice focuses on resolving ... (more)

Scott M. Oslick

Scott is an intellectual property lawyer with a focus on trademarks and copyrights. He advises clients on protecting their intellectual property right... (more)

Tong Wu

Tong's practice is focused primarily on patent counseling and procurement for U.S. and international clients.  He has extensive experience in obt... (more)

Tong Wu

Tong advises U.S. and international clients on intellectual property law, with an emphasis on patent portfolio planning and procurement, infringement ... (more)

Wade A. Whisenant

Wade works primarily drafting and prosecuting electrical and software patents before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. During law school,... (more)

William D. Schultz

Will worked in Internet applications and Web marketing for five years before entering the practice of law. His business and marketing focus provide a ... (more)

Zhiyu Zhan

Sonny practices intellectual property law with a focus on patent prosecution. His technology areas are directed primarily toward the electronics and c... (more)

Aaron M. Johnson

Aaron practices general intellectual property law with an emphasis on patent, trademark, and copyright litigation.  Prior to joining Merchant & G... (more)

Alan W. Kowalchyk

Alan practices all aspects of Intellectual Property law with an emphasis on patent litigation, client counseling and alternative dispute resolution. H... (more)

Allen W. Hinderaker

Litigation is the exclusive focus of Allen's practice, representing clients in court, before administrative tribunals, and in private arbitration. All... (more)

Andrew J. Lagatta

Andrew practices Intellectual Property law with an emphasis on patent matters. He has drafted and prosecuted patent applications in diverse electrical... (more)

Andrew S. Ehard

Andrew Ehard practices general intellectual property law with an emphasis on trademark law. Andrew represents and counsels significant brand holders i... (more)

Anthony R. Zeuli

Tony is a trial lawyer specializing in Intellectual Property litigation, including patent and trademark litigation. He also has considerable experienc... (more)

Benjamin A. Tramm

Ben practices general intellectual property law with an emphasis on patent prosecution and patent litigation. His prosecution practice focuses on elec... (more)

Brent E. Routman

Brent serves as General Counsel for Merchant & Gould. He practices trademark, copyright, Internet and advertising law, and represents clients in domai... (more)

Brian H. Batzli

Brian's practice is focused on counseling clients on matters relating to software, e-commerce, computer hardware, digital circuit design, and traditio... (more)

Charles E. Golla

Chuck advises clients on all aspects of Intellectual Property law including the establishment, procurement, management and development of their domest... (more)

Christopher J. Schulte

Mr. Schulte is a trademark, copyright and intellectual property lawyer. He advises clients on protecting their intellectual property rights. Mr. Schul... (more)

Christopher J. Sorenson

Christopher Sorenson is a trial attorney, with substantial practice experience in intellectual property litigation, focusing primarily on patent infri... (more)

Danielle I. Mattessich

Danielle is an intellectual property lawyer with a focus on trademark law.  Danielle served as a Trademark Examining Attorney with the United Sta... (more)

David G. Schmaltz

David practices Intellectual Property Law with emphasis on mechanical patents, and has extensive experience in managing both large and small patent po... (more)

Dennis R. Daley

Dennis practices general intellectual property law with an emphasis on counseling clients having products and services in the chemical and mechanical ... (more)

Gregory A. Sebald

Greg practices Intellectual Property law with an emphasis on client counseling on patent and copyright matters. His practice includes developing domes... (more)

Gregory C. Golla

Greg practices general Intellectual Property law with an emphasis on trademark, Internet, copyright, licensing agreements and litigation. He has repre... (more)

Heather J. Kliebenstein

Heather is an intellectual property attorney focusing in trademark, patent, and copyright litigation matters, and trademark and copyright prosecution.... (more)

John D. Gould

A key lawyer in the growth of Merchant & Gould, John served as its managing partner, President and Chairman of the Board from 1973 to 1988. John has o... (more)

John C. Reich

John practices general Intellectual Property law with an emphasis on client counseling. He is skilled in developing and managing patent portfolios, de... (more)

Joseph E. Lee

Joe practices intellectual property law with an emphasis on patent related matters. His litigation experiences include working with senior litigators ... (more)

Julie K. Skoge

Julie practices general intellectual property law with an emphasis on patent prosecution for both domestic and foreign clients. Her practice areas inc... (more)

Julie R. Daulton

Julie practices Intellectual Property law with an emphasis on developing portfolio strategy in mechanical technologies. Her practice encompasses all p... (more)

Katherine M. Kowalchyk

Katherine practices Intellectual Property law with a focus on counseling clients in the chemical and biotechnology practice areas. She has experience ... (more)

Mark T. Skoog

A Ph.D. in Biochemistry, Mark practices Intellectual Property law assisting entrepreneurs and inventors in differentiating and safeguarding products a... (more)

Randall A. Hillson

Randy's present practice centers around coordinating client patent portfolios with business objectives. He has a Ph.D. in Chemistry, and has been writ... (more)

Robert A. Kalinsky

Rob practices general intellectual property law, including both patent prosecution and litigation. The patent prosecution aspect of his practice has a... (more)

Scott W. Johnston

Steven C. Bruess

Steve practices Intellectual Property law with an emphasis on mechanical patents. His practice includes all phases of patent portfolio management, inc... (more)

Thomas J. Leach

Legal Background and Experience Tom is a trial lawyer specializing in all aspects of intellectual property litigation, including patent, trademark and... (more)