L. Wayne "Wayne" Beavers

Mr. Beavers' practice focuses on counseling corporate clients regarding the protection and management of their intellectual property assets, especially patents and trademarks, both in the United States and internationally. Mr. Beavers has 30 years experience in the practice of intellectual property law. He served as General Counsel to Gibson Guitar Corp. from 1995 to 1997. He has filed and prosecuted over one thousand patents in the mechanical arts. Mr. Beavers' current practice is heavily focused on conducting complex patent freedom to operate and/or infringement reviews for many of the firm's clients as they develop and introduce new products to the market, or as they conduct due diligence during the acquisition of new businesses. Recent engagements include such reviews in the fields of:Medical devicesInfant nutritional formulasRoad construction equipmentIndustrial cranesMaterials handling equipment for recyclingSensor technology for materials recyclingIndustrial water heating equipmentReinforcing structures for pre-stressed concreteAutomobile tire designsAutomobile tire manufacturing equipmentToysPool filtration equipmentEducationM.B.A. Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University, 1998Beta Gamma Sigma business honor societyJ.D., University of Oklahoma, 1977Editor of the Oklahoma Law ReviewMember of the Order of the CoifB.S., Mechanical Engineering, Oklahoma State University, 1972Bar AdmissionsTennesseeRegistered Patent Attorney (USPTO)OklahomaProfessional MembershipsAmerican Bar AssociationTennessee Bar AssociationFormer Chairman, Nashville Bar Association, Intellectual Property CommitteeTennessee Intellectual Property AssociationFormer President, Oklahoma Bar Association, Patent, Trademark and Copyright Section

Mr. Beavers' practice focuses on counseling corporate clients regarding the protection and management of their intellectual property assets, especially patents and trademarks, both in the United States and internationally. Mr. Beavers has 30 years experience in the practice of intellectual property law. He served as General Counsel to Gibson Guitar Corp. from 1995 to 1997. He has filed and prosecuted over one thousand patents in the mechanical arts. Mr. Beavers' current practice is heavily focused on conducting complex patent freedom to operate and/or infringement reviews for many of the firm's clients as they develop and introduce new products to the market, or as they conduct due diligence during the acquisition of new businesses. Recent engagements include such reviews in the fields of:Medical devicesInfant nutritional formulasRoad construction equipmentIndustrial cranesMaterials handling equipment for recyclingSensor technology for materials recyclingIndustrial water heating equipmentReinforcing structures for pre-stressed concreteAutomobile tire designsAutomobile tire manufacturing equipmentToysPool filtration equipmentEducationM.B.A. Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University, 1998Beta Gamma Sigma business honor societyJ.D., University of Oklahoma, 1977Editor of the Oklahoma Law ReviewMember of the Order of the CoifB.S., Mechanical Engineering, Oklahoma State University, 1972Bar AdmissionsTennesseeRegistered Patent Attorney (USPTO)OklahomaProfessional MembershipsAmerican Bar AssociationTennessee Bar AssociationFormer Chairman, Nashville Bar Association, Intellectual Property CommitteeTennessee Intellectual Property AssociationFormer President, Oklahoma Bar Association, Patent, Trademark and Copyright Section

Mr. Beavers' practice focuses on counseling corporate clients regarding the protection and management of their intellectual property assets, especially patents and trademarks, both in the United States and internationally. Mr. Beavers has 30 years experience in the practice of intellectual property law. He served as General Counsel to Gibson Guitar Corp. from 1995 to 1997. He has filed and prosecuted over one thousand patents in the mechanical arts. Mr. Beavers' current practice is heavily focused on conducting complex patent freedom to operate and/or infringement reviews for many of the firm's clients as they develop and introduce new products to the market, or as they conduct due diligence during the acquisition of new businesses. Recent engagements include such reviews in the fields of: