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Michael K. Mutter

Partner

Address
Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP
Suite 100 East
8110 Gatehouse Road
Falls Church, VA 22042
USA

Telephone +1-703-205-8000
Facsimile +1-703-205-8050
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Bar Admissions
1981, Virginia, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Education
Purdue University (B.S.E.E., honors program, electronics, 1976); George Washington University National Law Center (J.D., 1981). Delta Theta Phi.

Memberships
American Bar Association, Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Industrielle (FICPI), and American Intellectual Property Law Association.

Experience
Michael Mutter is co-responsible for management of the electrical department of the firm. Mr. Mutter personally works in all aspects of domestic and international patent prosecution, particularly in complex electronics and computer art areas. He is also personally involved in client counseling and portfolio management including licensing, as well as the preparation of infringement, validity, and general advisory opinions. Mr. Mutter has experience in multimedia and image processing, control system, sonar and ultrasound imaging, data and image encodation, error correction coding, radio communications, semiconductors and computer architecture. Mr. Mutter has also been personally involved in the development of the current state of the law of patentability of algorithmic inventions and business methods in the United States and in Europe.