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Tyler S. Nield 
Salt Lake City, Utah
Associate
phone (801) 994-4646
fax (801) 531-1929
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Tyler S. Nield is an associate at K&M with experience in both patent prosecution and patent litigation.  His also practices in other areas of intellectual property, including copyright law and trademark law.
 
Mr. Nield received a J.D. from the S.J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah in 2007.  During law school, he was an active member of the Student Intellectual Property Law Association (SIPLA) and was awarded the W.J. Mitchell Family Endowed Merit Fellowship for "demonstrating excellence in science and promise in the study of law."  He served as a staff member for the Journal of Law and Family Studies.  Mr. Nield joined K&M in 2004 as a technical writer and gained several years of experience drafting and prosecuting patent applications before becoming an associate.
 
Prior to law school, Mr. Nield received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Utah State University in 2004. He focused his studies on digital system design, analog and digital signal processing, VLSI, and device level system design. He received several scholarships from the College of Engineering and participated in various student design competitions. He also spent a short time working as an electrical design engineer in the semiconductor industry.
 
Mr. Nield is admitted to practice in the State of Utah.
Areas of Practice:
Patent Prosecution
Patent Litigation
Trademarks/Copyrights
Bar Admissions:
Utah, 2007
Education:
University of Utah College of Law, Salt Lake City, Utah
J.D.
Law Journal: Journal of Law and Family Studies, 2005 - 2007


Utah State University, Logan, Utah
B.S.
Major:  Electrical Engineering


Honors and Awards:
CALI Award for Excellence in the Study of Patent Document Drafting, 2005 - 2006


Past Employment Positions:
American Microsystems Inc., Design Engineer, 2002 - 2004


Kunzler, Needham, Massey & Thorpe
8 East Broadway, Suite 600
Salt Lake City, UT 84111
Ph: 801-994-4646  -  Fax: 801-531-1929  -  Email  -  Map

Based in Salt Lake City, Utah, the attorneys at the law firm of Kunzler, Needham, Massey & Thorpe serve the needs of individual and corporate clients nationwide and around the world. Our attorneys are licensed to practice in New York, Oregon, Utah, in several United States district courts, and in the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Our firm has a special focus in the intellectual property law of China.

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