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Michael Mochinski
Education- Thomas M. Cooley School of Law, Lansing, Michigan, J.D., 1995.
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, B.S., 1986, Chemical Engineering
- Admitted Attorney, State Bar of Minnesota, 1996
- Admitted Attorney, United States District Court for the District of Minnesota, 1996
- Admitted Attorney, United States Court of Appeals, 1996
- Registered Patent Attorney, United States Patent and Trademark Office, 1998
- Licensed Professional Engineer, States of Minnesota and Michigan, 1996
- American Intellectual Property Law Association.
- American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Experience Summary
Mr. Mochinski's practice focuses primarily on preparing and prosecuting patents, both in the United States and internationally. His experience also includes the licensing of patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets, as well as patent prosecution, primarily in the technological arts of chemical transport and metal recovery processes, gaming and vending systems under software control, electro-mechanical devices, nutritional products and supplements, medical devices, and construction tools. In addition, he assists clients with infringement/validity and patentability opinions, freedom-to-operate analyses, and due diligence reviews.While attending law school, Mr. Mochinski worked as a technical advisor/law clerk at a Detroit-based law firm, where he drafted and prosecuted domestic and international patent applications and counseled technical staff of a major university in all areas of intellectual property, including the management and evaluation of patent assets derived from university-sponsored research and directed to economic redevelopment of local and state economies.
Prior to entering the practice of law, Mr. Mochinski was a process/chemical engineer for over 10 years working primarily in the areas of remediating and restoring hazardous waste sites under Superfund authority, managing and handling hazardous waste streams to ensure compliant disposal and handling under RCRA, and evaluating and analyzing industrial waste streams for waste minimization opportunities. He has also been an invited speaker at numerous symposiums and conferences focusing on wastewater treatment and waste minimization techniques applied in the petrochemical and railroad industries. As a result of acquiring extensive engineering experience, Mr. Mochinski qualified for state licensure as a professional chemical engineer. Mr. Mochinski continues to hold his license as a professional engineer in Minnesota and Michigan concurrently with his standing as a licensed attorney in Minnesota and as a registered practitioner in matters before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
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