Marty Stoneman

Marty has been a registered patent attorney practicing in Phoenix, Arizona, for over 40 years and is an active member of the Intellectual Property Section of the Arizona Bar. In Ohio, he graduated from Ohio State (math major) and Capital University Law School. He graduated first in his law school class, was trained in patent law at Battelle, and was admitted to the Ohio Bar. He has used his broad patent experience to develop quality-enhancing and cost-saving systems for preparing patent applications. Marty has, in legal, robotics, and behavioral areas, presented many technical papers at international conferences and designed and conducted many successful workshops. His writings include several published books; and Marty is himself the inventor of patent rights in artificial intelligence (machines having humanoid cognitive systems). He now offers cognitive training to lawyers and others in antidotes to false persuasion.

Michael Volk Jr.

Michael is a Registered Patent Attorney admitted to practice before the United States Patent & Trademark Office and a member of the Arizona State Bar.  Michael is a member of both the National Association of Patent Practitioners and the Arizona Bar Intellectual Property Section.  He graduated cum laude from Arizona State University's College of Law and received a certificate in Intellectual Property studies from ASU's Center for the Study of Law, Science, and Technology. In law school, Michael was an editor for ASU's law journal Jurimetrics: The Journal of Law, Science, and Technology. His undergraduate training was in Biology (B.Sc.), graduating summa cum laude with honors from Texas Christian University, and he has worked in several Molecular Biology research laboratories using experimental models ranging from C. elegans to human cell culture. Michael has published papers and presented research in the field of Molecular Biology and has applied his background to topics at the intersection of Law and Science. Michael has also co-authored an article examining the legal and ethical issues raised by human genetic databases (published in Jurimetrics); and he has presented a legal analysis of issues surrounding Nanotechnology at the 2004 Annual Meeting of the Society for Risk Analysis.  Outside of his interest in law and science, Michael is a guitar and guitar-effects enthusiast.  Michael is originally from El Paso, Texas.  

George Morgan

George is a Registered Patent Attorney and former patent examiner. He graduated from Saint John's University School of Law in 1998 and received an M.S. in Computer Science from Fairleigh Dickinson University in 1993. Before becoming a patent attorney, George worked for several years as a patent examiner at the United States Patent & Trademark Office, where he examined patent applications in Class 705 (business methods). During his career, he has been associated with several major law firms, including Oliff & Berridge, LLP in Alexandria VA; F. Chau & Associates in East Meadow, NY; and Lowenstein Sandler, PC in Roseland, NJ. He is admitted to practice in New York and before the United States Patent & Trademark Office.

Mike Keeling

Mike is an advanced degreed engineer having over thirty years of experience in the design, development, and implementation of complex technical programs - and their associated funding, regulatory and procurement needs. Most recently Mike has entered law school with the objective of becoming a practicing intellectual property attorney. Mike has several areas of accomplishment including multi-vendor broadband communication systems. Mike has an excellent integration knowledge required to map from the user applications and service levels to the underlying system architectures. He also has considerable experience planning and the development of enterprise architectures, which provide a cost-effective basis for delivering enterprise-wide technology based services. Mike has personally directed the design, procurement and construction of several large-scale computer and communications systems and their related facilities. He has organized and presented technical seminars on the subjects of communications FCC rules, electrical power, and strategic planning. Several organizations, including the ASTM and IEEE, have requested his participation in study groups and panel discussions.

Jim Patterson

Jim, after earning a degree in Architectural Design from Arizona State University, acquired 15 years experience overseeing, and coordinating with consulting structural, mechanical, and electrical engineers concerning, the design and delivery of architectural commissions with values between one and twenty million dollars. In this work, Jim developed and administered network-based CAD systems and coordinated technical specifications and multi-disciplined engineering construction documents. Jim is now a full-time patent consultant with Stoneman Volk Patent Group in addition to his continuing contributions as an in-house patent illustrator.

Rachel Gilboy

Rachel is a Registered Patent Agent with the firm. She is a recent graduate of Arizona State University with a Bachelors of Science in Bioengineering. Rachel is admitted to practice before the United States and Trademark Offices. She has previously held membership in College Republicans, Women in Science and Engineering, and the Biomedical Engineering Society she is currently involved with Race for a Cure. In her free time Rachel enjoys running half marathons, traveling, and promotional modeling.

Glenn W. Stoneman

Glenn studied biochemistry at the University of Arizona. Over the last 20 years, he has been involved in several key areas in the field of telecommunications, including data networking and wireless broadband technology. Glenn has been a board member of the Arizona Telecommunications & Information Council (ATIC) from 1998 to 2007. As a member of the firm's management committee, Glenn is involved in virtually all aspects of our day-to-day operations - particularly marketing and client relations.

Vickie Bond

Vickie is a graduate of the Paralegal Certificate program from Phoenix Career College (now Long Technical College, an American Bar Association accredited institution). She also has an Associate Degree from Phoenix College. Vickie has nearly 18 years of experience in the high tech semi-conductor industry working for Motorola, Inc. At Motorola, she worked closely with technicians and engineers on research and development projects, as well as in production and wafer fabrication in the disciplines of diffusion, photo-lithography, and plasma - wet etches in a six-sigma semiconductor manufacturing class-100 clean-room environment. At Stoneman Volk Patent Group, Vickie is the pleasant voice on the telephone and chief client correspondent coordinator.

Cary Stoneman

Cary received a B.S. in Physiological Psychology from Arizona State University and acquired licenses in both the insurance and real estate industry.  He has over twenty years experience as a construction and contracts administrator.  His experience includes project management for large architectural firms with project construction costs exceeding 50 million dollars, including the preparation of technical specifications and technical inspection of construction projects.  In addition to his excellent writing and technical abilities, Cary loves to learn; He has been a patent search specialist with the firm for over ten years and is skilled with many different patent searching systems.   A lifelong Phoenix area resident, Cary enjoys being active in community activities including present and former work with: Beta Theta Pi Fraternity (AZ District Chief & Alumni President), The Construction Specification Institute (Professional Director, Board Member and Committee Chair) and US Water Polo (Player, Coach and Referee).

RJ Hall

RJ grew up working with computers and has a functional knowledge of Basic, C++, VBA, PHP, SQL, and HTML.  While raising a family, RJ attended Western Nevada Community College in Carson City, NV, earning AS degrees in Mathematics, Physics, and Pre-Engineering.  RJ then went on to graduate from the University of Nevada, Reno, with a degree in Physics.  During school, RJ worked with a two terawatt z-pinch, know as Zebra, at the Nevada Terawatt Facility assisting research, in the field of plasma physics, on plasmas in high-energy magnetic fields.  Gravitational physics, as RJ’s favorite topic in physics, continues to be a field of interest and study for RJ as new information emerges in this field of science.

 

Kara Billar

Kara graduated from Northern Arizona University with a B.S. in Theatre with an emphasis in Technology and Design. While attending NAU, Kara was involved in several theatrical productions having assisted in costume, set and properties construction/design as well as makeup/hair design. In her spare time she enjoys playing the banjo and sewing. Kara's main role within the firm is bookkeeping and other paralegal work. Kara ensures the firms compliance with statutory bar dates and other mission critical time frames and deadlines.

Dan Bishop

Dan graduated magna cum laude from Arizona State University with a B.S. in Industrial Design. In the past, Dan has worked in the automotive refinishing industry, researched emerging technologies, and in new product development. With a background that includes fine art, design, and mechanical understanding, Dan is able to fill his role as a patent consultant and as an in-house patent illustrator by producing illustrations for patents and adding his understanding to our clients’ technologies.

Luke Augustine

Luke is a veteran of the United States navy having served in the Nuclear Program. Luke attended Naval Nuclear Power Training Command in Charleston, Sc and was stationed at a Department of Energy prototype reactor facility in Ballston Spa, New York. During his enlistment Luke was trained in several fields including: mathematics, nuclear physics, electrical theory and equipment, reactor plant technology, thermodynamics, chemistry, materials engineering and metallurgy, health physics and reactor principles.  Prior to his enlistment Luke was a state honors graduate from Temecula Valley High School, and a finalist in the University of California, Santa Barbara, College of Creative Studies Math Competition. Luke is currently pursuing a degree in Computer Information Systems at Scottsdale Community College. Luke’s primary responsibilities within the firm include network administration, marketing, and patent consultation.

BIOS - OTHER ASSOCIATES AND "OF COUNSEL" CONSULTANTS

Rick Hill

After receiving an M.B.A., Rick's professional career has spanned almost three decades of work in technology consulting, software design, software development, and project management in a variety of industries. Rick worked successfully for sixteen years at Arthur Andersen (now Accenture) and ten years at National Health Enhancement, Inc., where he was responsible for all software development of products which formed the basis for the Company's growth during Rick's tenure from revenues of about 3 million dollars to revenues of about 50 million dollars. Rick consults primarily with patent prosecution of very large Internet and other complex software and business systems.