Working to Protect Today's Most Sophisticated Innovations
Timothy A. Czaja Partner Dicke, Billig & Czaja, PLLC Fifth Street Towers, Suite 2250 100 South Fifth Street Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402
Telephone: 612-573-2000 Fax: 612-573-2005
Bio: Tim is an attorney registered to practice before the USPTO and a founding member of Dicke, Billig & Czaja, PLLC. Tim's practice is focused upon U.S. and foreign patent drafting and prosecution, patent validity and product clearance opinions, patent portfolio evaluations, agreements, and other patent related efforts including litigation advisement. Tim's primary areas of technical specialization are the mechanical arts and medical devices. Tim also regularly advises clients on trademark matters (including prosecution and opposition), copyrights, and other areas of intellectual property law. Tim proudly served as President of the Minnesota Intellectual Property Law Association in 2003, and is a frequent speaker on patent-related topics. Tim has been named a Super Lawyer on multiple occasions by Minnesota Law & Politics.
Experience: Tim began his career as a process engineer for a large printed circuit board manufacturer. After working as an engineer for a few years, Tim started his career in the intellectual property field as a patent law clerk with Honeywell, Inc. in 1991. Tim co-founded Dicke, Billig & Czaja in 1998.
Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Patent Law; Mechanical Patents; Medical Patents; Litigation Counseling; Opinions; Licensing
Admitted: 1993, Minnesota; U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota; 1994, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Law School: Hamline University, J.D., cum laude, 1993
