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8050 Washington Ave. S., Suite 100
Eden Prairie, MN 55344
952.563.3000
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Scott Vidas Scott Q. Vidas
Eden Prairie, Minnesota
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Scott Q. Vidas is a registered patent attorney and a shareholder in the firm. He graduated cum laude from Hamline University School of Law in 1982 where he served on the Law Review.

Representative Patents:

7,262,276 Anti human ovarian cancer-anti CD3 bispecific antibody
7,216,462 Insulated concrete panel billets
6,692,523 Endovascular apparatus
6,638,152 Diamond blade having segment type cutting tip for use in cutting, grinding or drilling apparatus
6,383,188 Expandable reamer
6,479056 Live vaccine constituting minor risk for humans
5,676,666 Cervical spine stabilization system
5,663,308 Organosilicon polymers, and dyes, exhibiting nonlinear optical response
5,486,604 Cyclic ADP ribose antagonists
5,427,791 Embryonal vaccine against Newcastle disease
5,044,139 Method of replacing post tensioned beams
4,831,122 Radioimmunotoxins

Bar Admissions:
Minnesota, 1982
U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit, 1982
U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit, 1983
U.S. District Court District of Minnesota, 1982
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 1982
Canadian Patent Office
Education:
Hamline University School of Law, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1982
J.D.
Honors: Cum Laude
Law Review: Hamline Law Review, 1980 - 1981


University of Minnesota, 1975
B.S. in Microbiology


Published Works:
Patent on Life Form-Man-Made Modification of Microorganism is Patentable Subject Matter Under 35 USC 101, 4 Hamline Law Review 341, 1981


Honors and Awards:
Silver Gavel Honor Society


Professional Associations and Memberships:
Hennepin County Bar Association


Minnesota State Bar Association


American Bar Association


American Intellectual Property Law Association


Minnesota Intellectual Property Law Association


Serving clients in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis-St. Paul, throughout the U.S., and around the world, including the Minnesota cities of Minnetonka, Eden Prairie, Edina, Bloomington, Wayzata, Plymouth, Maple Grove, Roseville, Anoka, Woodbury, Stillwater, Eagan, Lakeville, Apple Valley, Chaska, Shakopee, St. Cloud, Duluth, Rochester, Mankato, MN.

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