Scott W. Smilie is an associate in the Intellectual Property Practice Group. Mr. Smilie's experience includes the prosecution, licensing, and litigation of patents, trademarks and copyrights. As a member of the Patent Bar, Mr. Smilie has prepared and prosecuted patents before the Patent and Trademark Office concerning diverse technologies including GPS-related systems, business methods, electrical connectors, coupler members for heavy-duty machinery, mechanical tools, and medical devices.

Mr. Smilie was born in LaGrange , Illinois . He is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (B.S., General Engineering, 1993) and Chicago-Kent College of Law (J.D., with honors, 1997). While at Chicago-Kent College of Law, Mr. Smilie served on the Chicago-Kent Law Review for two years. Mr. Smilie was admitted to the Illinois State Bar and the Bar of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in 1997 and is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Mr. Smilie is a member of the Chicago Bar Association and the Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago.

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