José W. Jimenez

Opinion work, patent preparation/prosecution Trademark prosecution and pre-litigation support for various small manufacturers and start ups Non-profit fractional General Counsel

Owner - Jimenez Patent Services - Englewood, FL

(2024-11)

• Opinion work, patent preparation/prosecution
• Trademark prosecution and pre-litigation support for various small manufacturers and start ups
• Non-profit fractional General Counsel

Partner, Intellectual Property - Culhane Meadows Law - Dallas, TX

(2023-08 - 2024-10)

Virtual National firm

Shareholder - Kagan Binder PPLC Firm - Minneapolis, MN

(2013-07)

Full Intellectual Property Practice Firm – 11 attorneys and agents

• Provide product clearance, invalidity and non-infringement opinions
• Prepare/prosecute patent applications and provide pre-litigation support in the electronics, electromechanical, communications

Attorney - Larkin Hoffman Law Firm - Minneapolis, MN

(2011-06 - 2013-06)

General Practice Firm – 90+ attorneys

Chief Intellectual Property Officer of AMS Research Corporation - American Medical Systems - Minnetonka, MN

(2005-01 - 2010-10)

Corporate leadership for entire Intellectual Property function as well as managing own internal client for a $600+ Million medical device manufacturer.

• Substantial M&A and transactional experience in and knowledge of medical device technology and know-how acquired while consummating over 15 deals for AMS
• Generated over $9.25M in IP revenue litigation and out-licensing and saved over $6M+ in royalty and litigation expense avoidance since 2005
• Created IP department infrastructure while mentoring two law firm based attorneys (and a patent paralegal) and implementing a patent tracking systems to accommodate growth to $1 Billion+ company
• Maintained individual patent docket of the Laser Therapy group

Partner – Intellectual Property - Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A. - Minneapolis, MN

(2001-11 - 2004-12)

30+ attorneys

Partner - Crawford & Maunu - St. Paul, MN

(1999-05 - 2001-10)

Director – Global Customer Satisfaction - AMP, Inc. - Harrisburg, PA

(1997-04 - 1999-04)

$900M Global Computer Division

Marketing Manager - Square D Company–Groupe Schneider - Nashville, TN

(1995-04 - 1997-03)

• Generated over $20 M in revenue for $2 billion electrical equipment manufacturer from large electrical capital equipment projects as part of Strategic Account Teams focused on the Electronics, Automotive, Oil & Gas Processing and Steel making sectors

General Manager – Central America / Sales Director – Central/Southern Sales Region - Square D Company–Groupe Schneider - San Jose', Costa Rica / Mexico City, Mexico

(1992-03 - 1995-03)

• $3 Million business unit with 135 employees in Costa Rica that grew to $10 Million and grew marketshare in Central America (7 country territory) from 13 percent to 22 percent in that time period
• Hired new managers in sales, finance, plant operations in the first 12 months and boldly converted manufacturing operations from low-tech assembly to high end equipment assembly
• As Sales Director, immediately downsized sales team by 30 percent, to match sales with expenses, and led 50 sales representatives in Mexico (through direct/distributor sales) for an $80 Million territory

Sr. Patent Attorney – Power and Distribution Equipment Division - Square D Company–Groupe Schneider - Chicago, IL

(1988-11 - 1992-02)

Sr. Patent Attorney - Motorola, Inc - Chicago, IL

(1987-10 - 1988-10)

Trademark Attorney; Patent Attorney - GTE Service Corporation - Stamford, CT

(1984 - 1987)

MBA - J. L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University

Juris Doctor - Law - John Marshall Law School

B.S. - Electrical Engineering - Northwestern University