Randall A. Hillson, Ph.D.

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Minneapolis Office
3200 IDS Center
80 South Eighth Street
Minneapolis, MN
55402 USA

ph: 612.332.5300
fax: 612.332.9081

Randy's present practice centers around coordinating client patent portfolios with business objectives. He has a Ph.D. in Chemistry, and has been writing and prosecuting patents since 1982 in diverse technical areas including biodegradable polymers, polymers for coated abrasives and adhesives, magnetic recording materials, ceramics, metallurgy, coal processing, food processing, waste water clean-up, air pollution control, medical treatments, medical devices, chemical processes, air filters, fluid filters, engines, optics, conveyor systems, electrochemical processes, and photographic composites. Randy has extensive experience in the litigation of patents in both the chemical and mechanical arts. In October 2003, Randy was profiled in IP Law & Business, as one of ten patent attorneys identified in that publication's first Patent Hall of Fame. He has also achieved an AV peer review rating by Martindale-Hubbell.

Randy's practice areas include chemical and mechanical patent prosecution and general practice in copyright and trademark law, and Intellectual Property Litigation.

Education

University of Oklahoma
B.S., Chemistry, with distinction, 1976

University of California at Berkeley
Ph.D., Chemistry, 1980

Ohio State University
J.D., with honors, 1983

Bar Admissions

Missouri State Bar, 1983 (inactive)
Minnesota State Bar, 1987
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 1985

THE MODERN ART OF DESIGN PROTECTION:
Issues Relating to Design Protection After Egyptian Goddess
Managing IP Webinar - May 19, 2010

Patenting Green:
Issues Relating to the Emergence of Patents Concerning Green Technologies
The 2009 Midwest Itellectual Property Institute - September 2009

Egyptian Goddess v. Swisa: A Tale of Two Tests
The IP Book - September 2009

The Case Against Patents:
Negative Perceptions About Patents, How They're Playing Out in the Law, and What It Means for Your Practice and Your Clients' Valuable Assets - October 2008

Bobbing around in the wake of festo - Honeywell Int'l v. Hamilton Sundstrand Corp.; Prosecution Practice in View of the Broadening Definition of Estoppel to Application of to the Equivalents Doctrine
AIPLA Mid-Winter Institute - January 2005

A New Look at Global Design Protection: Strategies and Recommendations
The IP Book - October 2004

In search of intellectual asset management
Brands in the Boardroom: A Supplement to Intellectual Asset Management - May 2004