Jon A. Seppelt

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From individuals to Fortune 50 R&D departments, Jon Seppelt helps inventors evaluate their intellectual property needs, protect their investments, and turn ideas into revenue-generating patents. With an engineering background and experience across several verticals, Jon offers clients broad subject matter expertise and real-world business judgment.

Jon’s clients reflect many industries and technologies, including medical devices, hardware and software, facial recognition systems and artificial intelligence, oil and gas, electronics, e-commerce, consumer products, manufacturing, chemical, network connectivity, and sports and outdoor recreation equipment.

Despite the different spaces in which they compete, they all want to translate business needs into IP possibilities. Jon analyzes the patentability of an idea and develops a strategy to maximize its value, which may be a recommendation not to pursue patent protection at all.

Jon counsels clients at every stage of the prosecution timeline, from providing opinions regarding patentability, freedom-to-operate, non-infringement, invalidity, and enforceability, to preparing U.S. and foreign patent applications.

He also participates in IP portfolio management and due diligence by determining ownership, patent strength, untapped uses and applications, and new commercial opportunities.

Beyond his technical aptitude and legal acumen, Jon offers valuable soft skills, too. He speaks plain English and communicates in ways clients can understand. He is genuinely interested in the people he works with and brings his personal side to every engagement, often forming close relationships with clients.

I’m able to leverage my technical background and practice experience in many directions. My role as attorney and counselor is to use my intangible skills to help clients assess and protect IP assets and make sound business decisions.
    • William Mitchell College of Law, J.D., 2010, Student Intellectual Property law Association (SIPLA), Treasurer, Minnesota Justice Foundation (MJF)
    • University of Minnesota, Institute of Technology, Bachelor of Chemical Engineering, 2007
         
  • Bar Admissions

    • Minnesota, 2010
  • Court Admissions

    • U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
    • Named to Best Lawyers' "Ones to Watch" list for Patent Law, 2023

    • Minnesota Intellectual Property Law Association
    • Intellectual Property Owners Association
    • LegalCORPS, Inventor Assistance Program Screening Committee
    • Minnesota Chamber of Commerce
    • U.S. Chamber of Commerce
    • Patent Prosecution Intern, Ecolab

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