MMH Professionals
Our life’s work is to protect yours
Miller, Matthias & Hull is a team of patent prosecutors with key strengths in the chemical, mechanical, electrical and biotechnology arts.
Each partner has been practicing patent law for more than a decade. And before practicing law, they worked in their respective industries. MMH partners have engineering degrees from some of the finest universities in the country.
Thomas A. Miller, Partner
Tom is an experienced attorney active in practically all aspects of intellectual property law. For example, Tom drafts and prosecutes U.S. and foreign patent applications; renders non-infringement, validity, patentability and inventorship opinions; drafts and negotiates license agreements; writes and interprets employment and non-compete contracts; prepares and prosecutes trademark and copyright registrations; and counsels clients on a range of intellectual property issues including portfolio management, patent strategy, design around efforts, and ideation.
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Brent E. Matthias, Partner
Since becoming an attorney in 1996, Brent has practiced exclusively in the areas of patent prosecution and related opinion and counseling matters. While his focus is primarily within the mechanical arts, Brent also has specific experience in the electro-mechanical, electrical, and software areas. Brent has worked extensively on medical devices, consumer products, industrial machinery, automotive technology, and process control applications. Brent also has extensive experience protecting intellectual property rights in foreign countries.
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Michael R. Hull, Partner
H. Jack Fassnacht, Of Counsel
Scott E. Baxendale, Of Counsel
Jennifer L. Holmes, Associate
While attending law school, Jenny worked as a patent agent at a large corporation in Research Triangle Park, N.C. where she focused primarily in the area of agricultural biotechnology. Upon graduation from law school in 2001, Jenny began practicing as a patent attorney in Chicago, Ill. Her practice primarily involves patent prosecution and opinion matters in both the biotechnology and mechanical arts. Jenny also has patent litigation and interference experience.
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X. Frank Yang, Patent Agent
Frank received his Ph.D. in organic chemistry in 2004 from Tulane University, with his doctoral research being directed to development of novel synthetic methodologies and their application toward synthesis of natural products and pharmaceutical agents. He also received his M.S. in organic chemistry in 2000 from Tulane University. His master’s research was directed to synthesis of multi-substituted tetrahydropyrans and thiacyclohexanes, two core structures of a wide variety of natural products and pharmaceutical agents.
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Robin S. O, Patent Agent
After obtaining his bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois in 2005, Robin worked as an engineer with Argonne National Laboratory in Argonne, Ill., as well as American Power Conversion Corporation, in West Kingston, Rhode Island. His technical experience exposed him to such technologies as interface components for real-time beamline controls using EPICS, the testing of the digital functionality of temperature controllers, servo motors and electronic motor drives driven by phase-locked loop systems, x-ray diffraction, power supplies for computer networks and servers, network interface cards, uninterruptible power supplies, and surge protection hardware and software.
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Helya M. Azari, Patent Agent
Helya holds an electrical engineering bachelor's degree from the University of Illinois in 2006 as well as an MBA from the University of Phoenix from 2008. Prior to joining our firm, she worked in industry as an electrical engineer for three years with Continental AG, a world leader in automotive electronics. Helya is registered to practice before the US Patent & Trademark Office and has successfully passed the FE/EIT professional engineering exam.
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Loretta G. Rudaitis, Paralegal
Loretta focuses her practice on patent searching. With over 27 years of corporate and law firm experience, clients call upon Loretta to perform patent searches critical to their businesses, including non-infringement, invalidity, right-to-practice, patentability, and due diligence searches. She uses the latest in on-line search engine technology, and the experience gained from working in science throughout her career, to arrive at her search results.
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Our life’s work is to protect yours
Miller, Matthias & Hull is a team of patent prosecutors with key strengths in the chemical, mechanical, electrical and biotechnology arts.
Each partner has been practicing patent law for more than a decade. And before practicing law, they worked in their respective industries. MMH partners have engineering degrees from some of the finest universities in the country.
Thomas A. Miller, PartnerTom is an experienced attorney active in practically all aspects of intellectual property law. For example, Tom drafts and prosecutes U.S. and foreign patent applications; renders non-infringement, validity, patentability and inventorship opinions; drafts and negotiates license agreements; writes and interprets employment and non-compete contracts; prepares and prosecutes trademark and copyright registrations; and counsels clients on a range of intellectual property issues including portfolio management, patent strategy, design around efforts, and ideation.
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Brent E. Matthias, PartnerSince becoming an attorney in 1996, Brent has practiced exclusively in the areas of patent prosecution and related opinion and counseling matters. While his focus is primarily within the mechanical arts, Brent also has specific experience in the electro-mechanical, electrical, and software areas. Brent has worked extensively on medical devices, consumer products, industrial machinery, automotive technology, and process control applications. Brent also has extensive experience protecting intellectual property rights in foreign countries.
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Michael R. Hull, PartnerMike practices patent prosecution and advises clients in intellectual property matters, with a particular emphasis placed on patent prosecution and opinion work in the chemical, mechanical, and electro-mechanical arts.
A transplant from California, Mike moved to Chicago after graduating from law school in 1990. In his 19 years as a Chicago patent attorney, Mike is a veteran of two large Chicago intellectual property firms as well as an international general practice firm. Throughout his career, he has specialized in mechanical and chemical patent prosecution as well as patent litigation.H. Jack Fassnacht, Of CounselJack Fassnacht's practice is limited to intellectual property law. Born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, Jack graduated from Washington University in St. Louis in 1977 with a degree in chemical engineering. After college, he spent eight years working for Phillips Petroleum Company in Bartlesville, Oklahoma.
Scott E. Baxendale, Of CounselScott Baxendale has been a practicing patent attorney since 1996. After receiving his undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering from Case Western Reserve University in 1988, with honors, Scott began his career as an information technologies consultant with Anderson Consulting, now Accenture. While with Anderson, he specialized in the development of large-scale integrated distribution systems for clients in the retail industry. He then obtained his JD from The John Marshall Law School in 1996, again with honors, and has been engaged entirely in intellectual property law for the fourteen years since.
Jennifer L. Holmes, AssociateWhile attending law school, Jenny worked as a patent agent at a large corporation in Research Triangle Park, N.C. where she focused primarily in the area of agricultural biotechnology. Upon graduation from law school in 2001, Jenny began practicing as a patent attorney in Chicago, Ill. Her practice primarily involves patent prosecution and opinion matters in both the biotechnology and mechanical arts. Jenny also has patent litigation and interference experience.
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X. Frank Yang, Patent AgentFrank received his Ph.D. in organic chemistry in 2004 from Tulane University, with his doctoral research being directed to development of novel synthetic methodologies and their application toward synthesis of natural products and pharmaceutical agents. He also received his M.S. in organic chemistry in 2000 from Tulane University. His master’s research was directed to synthesis of multi-substituted tetrahydropyrans and thiacyclohexanes, two core structures of a wide variety of natural products and pharmaceutical agents.
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Robin S. O, Patent AgentAfter obtaining his bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois in 2005, Robin worked as an engineer with Argonne National Laboratory in Argonne, Ill., as well as American Power Conversion Corporation, in West Kingston, Rhode Island. His technical experience exposed him to such technologies as interface components for real-time beamline controls using EPICS, the testing of the digital functionality of temperature controllers, servo motors and electronic motor drives driven by phase-locked loop systems, x-ray diffraction, power supplies for computer networks and servers, network interface cards, uninterruptible power supplies, and surge protection hardware and software.
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Helya M. Azari, Patent AgentHelya holds an electrical engineering bachelor's degree from the University of Illinois in 2006 as well as an MBA from the University of Phoenix from 2008. Prior to joining our firm, she worked in industry as an electrical engineer for three years with Continental AG, a world leader in automotive electronics. Helya is registered to practice before the US Patent & Trademark Office and has successfully passed the FE/EIT professional engineering exam.
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Loretta G. Rudaitis, ParalegalLoretta focuses her practice on patent searching. With over 27 years of corporate and law firm experience, clients call upon Loretta to perform patent searches critical to their businesses, including non-infringement, invalidity, right-to-practice, patentability, and due diligence searches. She uses the latest in on-line search engine technology, and the experience gained from working in science throughout her career, to arrive at her search results.
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