Maier先生是注册专利律师并在知识产权法的所有领域执业。Maier先生的执业包括专利准备和申请；专利和商标诉讼；外观专利；商标异议；专利再颁和再审程序；干预实践；战略性国内和国际专利和商标组合开发与管理；可专利性，有效性，无效性，侵权，自由使用权，回避设计意见和咨询，专利组合远景分析以及尽职意见。Maier先生技术特长包括电子工程，机电，机械，工业，无线技术，软件实现的系统，金融系统和电信工程。Maier先生所服务的客户在高度竞争的技术领域，包括机械设备，RFID技术，金融产品，电信，消费电子，美容设备，封装，半导体，电子商务软件，光学和商业方法。
Maier先生最近的经验和技能集中在为客户提供一系列专利服务并开发专利策略来服务客户实现商业目标。具体地，他为世界市场，包括初创中型市场和世界500强公司，开发和管理专利组合。为实现此目的，他也分析竞争对手的专利组合和产品以便向客户提供有关增强和实施其专利组合，预期产品的潜在投资，策略性规避设计和技术收购的建议。
在创立Maier & Maier PLLC之前，Maier先生是Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt P.C.的专利律师。
Maier先生在范德堡大学获得理学学士学位，在乔治梅森大学获得电信工程硕士学位，并在乔治梅森大学法学院获得法学博士学位。Maier先生在乔治梅森大学法学院学习时完成了知识产权法系列课程。
Maier先生在美国专利局，弗吉尼亚州最高法院，弗吉尼亚东区法院和第四巡回上诉法院具有执业许可。他是以下组织的会员，包括弗吉尼亚州律师协会（VSB），美国律师协会（ABA专利，商标和版权分会），许可贸易工作者协会（LES），国际保护知识产权协会（AIPPI，曾发表过文章）和美国知识产权协会（AIPLA，当选两年任期的委员会成员）。
目前，Maier先生是专利资源组的教职成员，为美国各地的听众提供关于亚洲国家专利申请与实施的讲座，包括日本，韩国和中国。Maier先生是www.postgrant.com的发起者，该网站是领先的知识产权法博客。
Chris Ohslund is a registered patent attorney and practices all aspects of patent prosecution and patent litigation, including post-grant proceedings at the USPTO, patent portfolio landscape analysis, management, and development, and opinion work. Chris has experience prosecuting patents in a variety of technological fields, including mechanical engineering, robotics and mechatronics, electrical and computer engineering, software, computer-implemented business methods, and medical device technologies.
Prior to becoming a patent attorney, Chris clerked for Maier and Maier as a technical advisor.
Tim Harbeck is a registered patent attorney and practices all aspects of patent prosecution and patent litigation, including inter partes review proceedings and ex parte reexamination at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), patent application drafting and prosecution, intellectual property transactions, portfolio management, and opinion work. Tim has experience working across a variety of technologies, including mechanical engineering, software, medical device, and automotive technologies.
Prior to becoming a patent attorney Tim worked at the USPTO as a patent examiner. Tim examined a variety of business method and software patents pertaining to finance, banking and investment, portfolio selection, electronic trading, and securities bid matching.
Yuko Yokoyama is a Japanese Patent Engineer and technical specialist for Maier and Maier. Prior to joining the firm, Yuko was a key member of the patent prosecution and litigation groups for various technologies at Sony in Tokyo, Japan. She has high levels of experience working with video codec and security technologies, medical products, navigation products and location services, IC card and communication technology, network services, and financial services.
Additionally, Yuko is well-versed in international patent prosecution, and focused on U.S. patent prosecution and licensing while with Sony, helping to establish their patent prosecution and litigation strategies in the U.S.
Yuko assists the firm in the preparation and prosecution of U.S. patent applications covering a wide range of technical areas, including consumer electronics, network services, computer implemented business methods, communications protocols, video codecs, security, navigation, printing technology, IC-cards, and medical devices.
Yuko graduated from Sophia University in Japan with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. She is a native Japanese speaker and is also fluent in English. Yuko was also very active as a member of the Japan Intellectual Property Association.
