LARRY K. ROBERTS

Larry K. Roberts has been in private law practice since 1976, specializing in intellectual property law. He received a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering in 1971 from the University of Illinois. Mr. Roberts was employed from 1971-73 by Hughes Aircraft Company as a microwave engineer, engaged in communication systems testing for commercial satellites and development of airborne radar equipment. He received a Hughes Masters Fellowship for graduate work in electrical engineering at UCLA, and was awarded a Master of Science degree in 1975.

Mr. Roberts received a J. D. degree from the Loyola University School of Law in Los Angeles in 1976. He has substantial experience in patent infringement and validity studies, and in intellectual property litigation. Admitted to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office since 1977, Mr. Roberts has prepared and prosecuted over five hundred U.S. patent applications in the electronic and computer-related arts as well as in the mechanical arts, for inventions for a diverse range of products and methods, including ink-jet printers, semiconductor technology, microprocessor-controlled equipment, software control, video display apparatus, radar systems, microwave devices, optical character recognition, communications equipment, business methods, robotic equipment, sports equipment and precision drilling equipment.

Mr. Roberts is licensed as an attorney in California and is a member of the American Bar Association, the Orange County Bar Association, and the Los Angeles and Orange County Patent Law Associations.