Edgar (Ted) Averill is a principal of the firm specializing in the preparation
prosecution, and enforcement of patent and trademark applications.  He has personally
obtained more than 500 patents for his clients in the mechanical, chemical, optical,
medical, and process fields.  His patent practice includes patent licensing agreements,
infringement analysis, and counseling on validity and invalidity issues in the area of
patents.  Mr. Averill's trademark practice includes trademark searches and trademark
application preparation, and prosecution.

       Mr. Averill has specialized in the areas of patents and trademarks beginning as a law
clerk at the firm of Lyon & Lyon in 1967 and continuing as an associate at Lyon & Lyon
after passing the California Bar Exam in 1969.  Mr. Averill left Lyon & Lyon in 1973 to start
his own firm in Whittier, California, and is an AV rated attorney by Martindale and Hubbell.  
He  is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the State of California, the United
States District Court for the Central District of California, the United State Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit, and is a registered patent attorney by the United States Patent and
Trademark Office.

Education:

Juris Doctor from Loyola University Los Angeles School of Law 1969
Bachelor of Chemical Engineering from Cornell University in 1957

Memberships:

State Bar of California
Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association
Orange County Patent Law Association
American Intellectual Property Law Association
Los Angeles County Bar Association
Whittier Bar Association

Patents drafted by Mr. Averill may be viewed at the USPTO Site