John D. Veldhuis-Kroeze

Patent & Trademark Attorney, Shareholder

Contact Info

John D. Veldhuis-Kroeze has over 20 years of experience as a patent attorney representing clients in diverse technology areas. As a former electrical engineer and patent attorney for Rockwell International Corporation, he specialized in aviation electronics and display technologies. In addition to his focus in these technology areas, John has extensive experience in patent preparation, prosecution and enforcement in the areas of electronics, seminconductor design, computer hardware and software, medical devices, hydraulics and construction equipment design. John also focuses his practice on PCT National Phase and Paris Convention Filings for law firms and clients residing outside of the United States.

Bar Admissions

United States Patent and Trademark Office
Minnesota State Bar
U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Education

University of Iowa School of Law, JD (with Distinction) (1992)
University of Iowa, B.S. Electrical Engineering (1988)

Professional Affiliations

Member, American Intellectual Property Law Association
Member, Minnesota Intellectual Property Law Association
Member Minnesota State Bar Association

Honors

Minnesota Super Lawyers (2005)
Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society

Areas of Practice

Patents
Design Patents
Trademarks
Licensing
Portfolio Analysis
Freedom to Operate
Validity/Non-Infringement Opinions
PCT National Phase Filings in the U.S.
Paris Convention Filing in the U.S.
Due Diligence
Patent Portfolio Management and Strategy
Post-Grant Proceedings

Areas of Technical Expertise

Semiconductor Design
Data Storage and Media
Telecommunications
Mobile Devices
Encryption/Decryption
Computer Hardware/Software
Signal Processing
Mechanical Devices
Hydraulic Systems
Construction Equipment
Machine Implements
Medical Devices
Optical Compensation Technologies
Industrial Process Sensors
Aviation Electronics
Global Positioning System Electronics
LC and LED Displays

Industry Experience

Rockwell Collins, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Electrical Engineer (May, 1988 – August, 1989)
Intellectual Property Attorney (November, 1994 – November 1995)

Exemplary Patents

US 8,459,800 Optical projection subsystem
US 8,274,220 LED source with hollow collection lens
US 8,104,955 Aspirated enhanced total air temperature probe
US 8,004,796 Slider with contact features initiated at wafer level
US 7,971,677 Work machine vehicle having seat mounted controls with nested seatbar
US 7,901,083 Optical projection subsystem
US 7,717,599 Integrating light source module
US 7,636,657 Method and apparatus for automatic grammar generation from data entries
US 7,624,111 Active content trust model
US 7,505,991 Semantic model development and deployment
US 7,460,999 Method and apparatus for executing tasks in voice-activated command systems
US 7,434,019 Method and apparatus for managing buffer random access memory
US 7,424,421 Word collection method and system for use in word-breaking
US 7,398,210 System and method for performing analysis on word variants
US 7,357,572Total air temperature probe having improved deicing heater error performance
US 7,346,493 Linguistically informed statistical models of constituent structure for ordering in sentence realization for a natural language generation system
US 7,257,470 Fault isolation method and apparatus in artificial intelligence based air data systems
US 7,231,375 Computer aided query to task mapping
US 7,213,454 Method and apparatus for obtaining improved accuracy and range for air data parameters inferred from independent measurements of interdependent pressures
US 7,165,075 Object graph faulting and trimming in an object-relational database system
US 7,155,969 System for and method of acoustic and through skin air data measurement
US 7,104,502 Ice detector for improved ice detection at near freezing condition
US 6,301,264 Asynchronous data conversion circuit
US 5,949,633 Fluorescent lamp drive system with transformer over-voltage protection circuit
US 5,867,241 Liquid crystal display lamination with silicone gel adhesive
US 5,750,203 Method of preparing organically modified aluminosilcates sol-gel films
US 5,731,886 Birefringent compensator for reflective polarizers
US 5,720,545 Refracting optic for fluorescent lamps used in backlighting liquid crystal displays
US 5,648,827 Backlighting system for liquid crystal displays having a non-planar fluorescent lamp
US 5,508,698 Vehicle detector with environmental adaptation
US 5,504,603 Optical compensator for improved gray scale performance in liquid crystal display
US 5,495,378 Magnetoresistive sensor with improved performance and processability
US 5,278,555 Single inductive sensor vehicle detection and speed measurement
US 5,153,525 Vehicle detector with series resonant oscillator drive