Phone: 603-668-1400
Fax:     603-668-8567

PRACTICE

> Utility/Design Patent    Prosecution/Litigation
> Trademarks
> Copyrights
> Licensing
> Unfair Competition

COURT ADMISSIONS

> Supreme Court of
   New Hampshire
> U.S. Patent and    Trademark Office
> Supreme Court of Massachusetts
> U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire

EDUCATION

> Franklin Pierce Law Center    (M.I.P., J.D. 2000)
> Worcester Polytechnic    Institute, (B.S. 1998)

Todd A. Sullivan
Manchester Office Managing Attorney
tsullivan@hayes-soloway.com

Practice Summary

Mr. Sullivan has patent prosecution experience encompassing a wide range of electrical and optical technologies, including: analog and digital electronics; laser devices and lasing methods; telecommunication systems and devices; complex software; business methods; Internet technologies, including web site interaction; optical telecommunication systems and devices; power supplies; electrical connectors; financial methods; and motor controllers.

Representative Work

Patents
6,363,153 - Method and apparatus for secure digital chaotic communication.
6,359,426 - Voltage threshold circuit for power conditioner.
6,509,547 - Method for laser stripping of optical fiber and flat cable.
6,876,284 - High intensity radial field magnetic array and actuator.

Trademarks
2,556,142 - Ibex Outdoor Clothing, LLC
2,842,857 - Granite State Telephone, Inc.

Litigation
Broadcast Music, Inc. v. Timothy Gonzales; Case No. 1:04-CV-457

Other Professional Experience

> Associate, Devine Millimet & Branch (Manchester, New Hampshire)
> Adjunct Professor of Law, Franklin Pierce Law Center

Memberships

> American Intellectual Property Law Association
> Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
> Nashua and New Hampshire Bar Associations
> Massachusetts Bar Association

Publications/Lectures

> 9th Annual Independent Inventor's Conference, "Factors to Consider in
    Selecting a Patent Attorney"
> "Electronic Signatures Coming of Age," N.H. Bar J., Vol. 41, No. 4
> "A Patent By Definition: What is a Patent?," Natural Entrepreneur of    New Hampshire, July 14, 2004
> "Demystifying the Patent Process," Natural Entrepreneur of N.H., August    11, 2004
> "Independent Inventors Conference," Natural Entrepreneur of N.H.,    June 30, 2004
> "The Business Decision to File a Patent," Natural Entrepreneur of N.H.,    July 28, 2004
> "High Court Ruling Looms in Descriptive Trademark Case," N.H. Bus.    Rev., December 23, 2004