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Edwin D. Garlepp is a partner in the firm's Electrical/Mechanical Practice Group. His practice covers all areas of patent law including securing patent protection, drafting legal opinions and enforcing patents. He has technical expertise in semiconductor devices, processes and manufacturing equipment, as well as lasers, optical systems, and communications systems. He is also experienced in a broad array of consumer electronic technologies such as video display systems, A/V processing technologies and encoding schemes, electromechanical assemblies and many other related technologies.
Before attending law school, Mr. Garlepp worked on communications and radar equipment for the U.S. Navy, and worked as an Electronics Systems Quality Engineer at Electromagnetic Sciences, Inc., where he worked on circuit and waveguide components for satellite switching systems. He also served as a Patent Examiner in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, where he specialized in redundant power sources and electronic switching systems.
Mr. Garlepp received his Law degree from The University of Georgia School of Law where he served as Executive Editor of The Journal of Intellectual Property Law. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from Southern Illinois University and his Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from George Mason University.
Mr. Garlepp is admitted to the Virginia State Bar and is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He is a member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA), the American Bar Association, the Intellectual Property Section of the Virginia Bar Association, and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. | 