Helping clients create commercial value through strategic patent counsel 

Ted Barthel is a patent attorney who works with sole inventors, start-up entities, emerging businesses and global Fortune 500 companies in protecting and leveraging their innovations for commercial advantage. He has drafted hundreds of patent applications and is well-versed in myriad technologies, including:

• Chemical arts such as plastics/elastomers (polyolefins), adhesives, polyurethanes, wire and cable coating materials, automotive plastics/rubber, adhesives, polymerization production processes and organic light emitting diode compositions
• Sustainable technologies like solid-state hydrogen fuel, purified silicon, algae production, anaerobic digestion, biosolid remediation, desalination, solar thermal and water purification
• eCommerce systems and smartphone applications
• Organic light emitting diodes and semiconductor structures
• Nano-/micro-layer film technology
• Food science like food packaging, packaging adhesives and food products (confectionery, chewing gum and snack foods)
• Medical products such as medical devices, medical fluid delivery systems and pharmaceutical formulations
• Mechanical arts like consumer goods and clothing articles

Ted’s ability to frame intellectual property questions in practical business terms for decisions-makers is a real value-add for his clients. His strategic counsel enables clients to create cost-effective and meaningful intellectual property portfolios with tangible commercial value.

Ted regularly lectures MBA students at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee on intellectual property topics. Prior to entering the practice of law, Ted worked as a production and research chemist at a leading global chemical, life science and biotechnology company.

Bar Admissions

• Illinois
• Wisconsin

Education

• Carroll College (B.A.)
  • Majors: Chemistry, German, Political Science

• DePaul University College of Law (J.D.)
  • Lead Articles Editor, DePaul Journal of Art and Entertainment Law

• Universität Freiburg Germany
  • Junior Year Abroad Program