Stephen C. Beuerle

 Mr. Beuerle is the head of the firm's Intellectual Property Team. He maintains an active intellectual property law practice, with a particular emphasis on U.S. and foreign patent protection in a wide variety of mechanical, electrical, computer, and biotechnology areas including toys, medical devices and implants, biotechnology instruments, consumer electronics, exercise equipment, fuel cells, photovoltaic systems, recycling separators, electric and hybrid-electric drive systems, wireless communications, telematics, biometrics, video and audio streaming, musical instruments, children's products, sequencing equipment, detection systems, and manufacturing systems and methods. Mr. Beuerle also has extensive experience with U.S. and foreign trademark prosecution, copyright prosecution, intellectual property due diligence, licensing, and the preparation of intellectual property legal opinions. Mr. Beuerle also has extensive experience working with companies from the Far East, including China, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan and South Korea, in protecting their intellectual property in the United States. Before joining Procopio, Mr. Beuerle was an attorney at both Lyon & Lyon LLP and Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear LLP.

Representative Matters

• Obtained hundreds of patents and registered trademarks for clients in a wide variety of industries, especially in the areas of toys, medical devices, and clean technology
• Prepared and prosecuted numerous United States patent applications for Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha of Shizuoka, Japan
• Successfully prosecuted and obtained the “Worm Light” toy patent related to the then number one selling video game accessory in the world
• Represented Boston Scientific in intellectual property due diligence of Cardiac Pathways for Boston Scientific acquisition of Cardiac Pathways
• Successfully reacquired numerous stolen domain names for clients
• Negotiated and prepared numerous income-generating licenses for clients in the medical device and music industries

Mr. Beuerle received his bachelor of science in mechanical engineering, magna cum laude, from the University of Michigan in 1992. He graduated in 1995 from the John Marshall Law School, a law school specializing in intellectual property law, where he was president of the Intellectual Property Law Society. Mr. Beuerle is admitted to practice before the State Bar of California, and is a registered patent attorney with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. He is also licensed to practice before the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the Federal District Courts for the Southern and Central Districts of California. Mr. Beuerle is a member of the Toy Industry Association. He also is a member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association, the San Diego Intellectual Property Law Association, and the San Diego County Bar Association. Mr. Beuerle is a member of the board of directors of the San Diego County Bar Foundation. Mr. Beuerle also volunteers for Big Brothers Big Sisters of San Diego County and for the Serving Seniors Program of Senior Community Centers.

Recent Seminars and Speeches

• “Improving Patent Prosecution & Examination,” SDIPLA 2010 USPTO Roadshow Symposium, San Diego, CA, February 26, 2010 (Panelist)
  

Recent Articles/Publications

• "Patent Protection-A Primer," June 2005