Thomas Blaine Luebbering
- Partner
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Tom joined the firm in 1992, became a registered patent agent in 1993, a patent attorney in 1994, and was admitted to partnership in 1998. Tom has a bachelors degree in electrical engineering and a masters degreed in environmental engineering and focuses his practice on patent prosecution, licensing, and IP counseling, with a particular emphasis on the preparation and prosecution of patent applications in the aviation, software, navigation, optics, and electronic fields.
Areas Of Practice
- Patent prosecution
- Patent Licensing and Pre-litigation
- Trademark prosecution and Licensing
Bar Admissions
- Missouri, 1994
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
- Kansas, 2007
Education
- University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, Kansas City, Missouri
- Juris Doctor - 1994
- Honors: magna cum laude
- Honors: With Honors
- Honors: Graduated in top 5 of class
- Honors: President of college fraternity
- University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
- Master of Science - 1991
- Honors: With Honors
- Major: Environmental Engineering
- University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
- Bachelor of Science - 1988
- Honors: With Honors
- Honors: Assistant editor, University of Missouri Engineering School Newspaper
- Major: Electrical Engineering
Honors and Awards
- Regional Champion and National Second Place Winner in AIPLA Giles Sutherland Rich Moot Court Competition
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Missouri Bar, Member
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Member
- Missouri Bar Association (MoBar)
- Kansas Bar Association (KBA)
- American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)
Past Employment Positions
- Burns & McDonnell, Engineering Consultant
- Hovey Williams LLP, Intern and Patent Agent
Pro Bono Activities
- University of Missouri Alumni Association
- University of Kansas Alumni Association
- University of Missouri-Kansas City Alumni Association
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