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  • William Mitchell College of Law, J.D., 2006,

    cum laude

  • University of Minnesota - Institute of Technology, B.E.E. Electrical Engineering, 2002
  • Bethel University, B.A. Physics and Engineering, 2002
  • Minnesota State Bar
  • U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
  • U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota

Minnesota Intellectual Property Law Association
Minnesota State Bar Association

Presentations

Presented The Demise of Steuben Foods’ Low Acid Aseptic Bottling Patent Monopoly, at Aseptipak Conference, September 25, 2018

Presented Steuben v. Nestle and the Battle Over the “Sweet Spot,” at Aseptipak Conference, June 21, 2017

Presented The America Invents Act: What every technology based company needs to know, MN High Tech Association (MHTA) Spring Conference, April 30, 2013

Intellectual Property—What A Business Leader Ought to Know, presented as part of the Strategic Technology Management course of Bethel University’s MBA program, February 2012

Intellectual Property—What A Business Leader Ought to Know, presented as part of the Strategic Technology Management course of Bethel University’s MBA program, September 2011

An Overview of Intellectual Property for Business Leaders, presented as part of the Strategic Technology Management course of Bethel University’s MBA program, October 2010

An Overview of Intellectual Property for Business Leaders, presented as part of the Strategic Technology Management course of Bethel University’s MBA program, May 2010

Intellectual Property, presented with Jarett Millar at the University of Minnesota’s mechanical engineering senior design course, May 2010

Publications

Contributor, The Inventor’s Guide for Medical Technology: From Your Napkin to the Market, by Patrick Kullman, MBA, 2012

Bilski and Business Methods Pt. 2: Certainty and Uncertainty, BP/G Radio Podcast, July 23, 2010

Handling Ownership Issues For A Mutually Satisfying Collaboration, by Benjamin Tramm, MN Nano Newsletter, November 2009

Co-author of update to Intellectual Property Counseling and Litigation, Ch. 2, Drafting Patents with a View to Litigation, May 2009

Phoenix Solutions’ Plasma Technology Enables Full-Scale Production of Nanoparticles, by Benjamin Tramm, MN Nano Newsletter, April 2009

OmegaGenesis Uses Nanotechnology to Promote Growth of New Blood Vessels, by Don Morrison, Benjamin Tramm, MN Nano Newsletter, January 2009

Sage Electrochromics Uses Nanomaterials to Improve Smart Window Technology, by Benjamin Tramm, MN Nano Newsletter, October 2008

Supreme Court Dictates Flexible Approach to Obviousness, by Tramm, Viswanathan and Kettelberger, Intellectual Property Today, p. 18-19, June 2007

Co-author of Patent Pros blog, the new, the useful, and the non-obvious for patent practitioners, August 2005 – November 2006