Daniel J. Polglaze

Patent & Trademark Attorney

Contact Info

Daniel J. Polglaze is a registered patent attorney with more than 20 years of experience preparing and prosecuting U.S. and international patent applications in the electrical, electro-mechanical, and mechanical arts, including semiconductors and semiconductor memories, circuits, and computer hardware and architecture. He also has broad experience in trademark registration and clearance, and in all aspects of intellectual property counseling including agreements and related opinions. He has prepared and presented on topics in electrical patent prosecution, business method patents, and trademark law.

Bar Admissions

United States Patent and Trademark Office
Minnesota State Bar
Wisconsin State Bar
Federal Court for the Western District of Wisconsin

Education

University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Law, J.D., cum laude (1994)
University of Wisconsin-Madison, B.S. Electrical & Computer Engineering (1991)

Professional Affiliations

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

Areas of Practice

Patents
Trademarks
Copyright
Licensing and Agreements
Freedom to operate
Strategic Intellectual Property Planning
Validity/Infringement/Non-Infringement Opinions

Areas of Technical Expertise

Electrical Devices
Mechanical Devices
Electro-mechanical Devices
Semiconductors
Metrics and Analytics
Robotics and Sensors
Computer Hardware and Architecture
Circuits

Exemplary Patents

8,687,431 Programming Methods and Memories
8,537,623 Devices and Methods of Programming Memory Cells
8,428,736 Muscle Stimulator and Control Methods Therefor
8,441,873 Memory Devices and Methods of Operating Memory
8,402,511 LDAPI Communication Across OS Interfaces
8,327,586 Hydraulic Cylinder Control
8,233,329 Architecture and Method for Memory Programming
2014/0063892 Diode Segmentation in Memory
2014/0033305 Code Validation
2013/0326292 Memories and Methods for Performing Column Repair
2013/0290352 Concatenation for Relations
2012/0054728 Maintaining a Database of Patch Data
2012/0066683 Balanced Thread Creation and Task Allocation