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MEET MICHAEL O'BRIEN

The Most Affordable Patents Around

Michael O’Brien is a registered patent attorney who started the Law Office of Michael O’Brien in 2011 with the goal of providing premier intellectual property services to clients at flat predictable prices. Since then, Mr. O’Brien has drafted hundreds of patent applications for individual inventors, small businesses, and entrepreneurs throughout the country.

EDUCATION

Mr. O’Brien is also active in the academic community and previously served as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at St. Mary’s College in Moraga, California where he teaches Business Law to undergraduate and graduate students in business management and accounting. Mr. O’Brien has written hundreds of articles as the editor of the widely read Northern District of California Blog and has been published in the Journal of Law Philosophy and Culture, Proceedings of the Western Academy of Legal Studies in Business, and the legal blog, Above the Law.

HISTORY

Previously, Mr. O’Brien worked at Pepco Holdings, Inc., a public utility holding company in Washington, DC. There he worked on a variety of transaction and litigation matters from administrative law to zoning. Mr. O’Brien also worked for Bose Corporation in Framingham, Massachusetts drafting patent applications, responding to office actions and conducting searches for prior art on a variety of electro-mechanical devices.

LOCATION

Mr. O’Brien is admitted to practice in Michigan, Maryland, California, the District of Columbia, before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and in federal trial and appellate courts.

Mr. O’Brien currently resides in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he is active in his local church community. In his spare time, Mr. O’Brien enjoys rooting for his hometown hockey team, the Detroit Red Wings.

WHAT KINDS OF THINGS HAVE WE PATENTED?

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ANIMAL HUSBANDRY

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BUILDINGS & CONSTRUCTION

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CLOTHING

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EXERCISE EQUIPMENT

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HAND TOOLS

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HOME FURNISHINGS

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MACHINES

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MUSICAL ACCESSORIES

4

POWER GENERATION SYSTEMS

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SAFETY SYSTEMS

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VEHICLES & ACCESSORIES

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VESSELS

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Phone: (916) 760-8265

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