Gary P. Oakeson
Gary P.
Oakeson is an equity partner at Thorpe North & Western and a
licensed attorney in both California and Utah. As a
registered patent attorney, his practice focuses primarily in the areas
of patent prosecution, opinion work, and litigation support, in
addition to his trademark and copyright practice. He received
a Bachelor of Science degree from Brigham Young University and a Juris
Doctor degree from California Western School of Law.
While
in law school, Mr. Oakeson focused his attention on intellectual
property studying patent, trademark, copyright, and biotechnology
law. He earned the academic achievement award for trademark
law and authored a paper entitled The Use of U.S. Patented
Transgenic Animals in Drug Discovery Abroad.
In
the patent arena, Mr. Oakeson has worked in diverse areas of
technology, including work in the chemical, biological, mechanical, and
electrical arts. He has rendered numerous opinions on
validity, infringement, patentability, and freedom to
operate. He also has experience with cease and desist
matters, reexamination proceedings, interferences, appeals, license
agreements, litigation support, due diligence reviews, and University
technology transfer. His patent drafting experience includes,
in part, bind-release separation (including amino acid and nucleic acid
separation), chromatography, silicon chemistry, polymer chemistry,
chelation, drug delivery, food fortification, nutritional supplements,
medical equipment, transdermal compositions and devices, sporting
equipment, diamond coatings and composites, plasma devices, antennas,
catheters, printing inks and media, ink-jet and laser-jet technologies,
wireless communication, chemical sensors, electrolysis, drafting tools,
thermal devices, optics, micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS),
circuitry and semiconductor fabrication, nanotechnology, business
methods, and designs.
Prior to
joining Thorpe North & Western, Mr. Oakeson gained a breadth of
experience working for various legal organizations. Mr.
Oakeson spent time with the U.S. Department of Justice in the Office of
the U.S. Trustee. He was also a member of an environmental
litigation team that litigated issues concerning region-wide chemical
water contamination. Additionally, he spent some time with an
intellectual property law firm in San Diego that specialized in patent,
copyright, and trademark litigation.
