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Thomas K. Stine has substantial experience in all aspects of Intellectual Property Law, with a primary practice emphasis on foreign and domestic patent prosecution of the electronic and electro-mechanical arts and patent litigation.

Prior to the practice of law, Mr. Stine worked as a sales engineer within the control systems industry. In addition, he worked as a senior production engineer and as a facilities engineer in the construction, implementation, and startup of printing press lines within the newspaper industry.

He is a member of the American Bar Association, the Chicago Bar Association, the Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago and the Licensing Executives Society. He was recommended by his peers as a Leading Lawyer in Illinois. 

Previously an adjunct professor of law at DePaul University College of Law in Chicago, Mr. Stine is also a member of DePaul's Intellectual Property Advisory Board, The Center for Intellectual Property Law and Information Technology. He is a frequent speaker on intellectual property law topics, and most recently presented a talk on the Doctrine of Equivalents at a Continuing Legal Education Seminar sponsored by the State Bar of Nevada Intellectual Property Section.

Mr. Stine received his J.D. from DePaul University College of Law in 1984 and received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University in 1978.