Mr. Guynn has worked with a number of large corporate entities as well as pre-IPO startups and individual inventors. His technical experience includes chemical formulations and processes, nanocatalysts and other nanotechnology, biodegradable polymers and composites, dental compositions, manufacturing apparatus and systems, pharmaceuticals, medical devices and procedures, mechanical devices, and the manufacture of solid state light emitting devices.

Mr. Guynn currently serves on the firm’s board of directors.

Primary Practice Focus

• U.S. Prosecution of IP
  • Patent Prosecution
  • Trademark Prosecution
  • Copyright Registrations
  
  

• International Prosecution of IP
  • Patent Prosecution
  • Trademark Prosecution

• Licensing, Other Transactional Work & Client Counseling
  • U. S. and Foreign Licensing of Intellectual Property Rights, Including Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, Trade Secrets, and Know How
  • Employment Agreements & Invention Ownership
  • Non-Competition Covenants
  • Non-Disclosure Agreements
  • Assignments of Intellectual Property Rights
  • Patentability Opinions
  • Trademark Searches and Clearance Opinions
  • Patent Infringement Opinions
  • Due Diligence Investigations of IP Portfolios During Acquisition or Merger Transactions
  • Defensive Opinions of Non-infringement and Design Around Strategies

Other Practice Experience

• Complex IP Litigation, Inter Partes Conflicts & Mediation and Arbitration
  • U.S. Trademark Oppositions
  • European Patent and Trademark Oppositions

Technical Experience

• Pharmaceutical, Chemical, Biotechnology & Life Sciences
  • Biochemistry
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Medical and Dental Device Technology
  • Chemical Compositions
  • Energy and Fuel Technologies
    
  • Plastics
    
  • Semiconductor Fabrication Technologies
    
  • Material Sciences
  • Nano-Catalyst Technologies
  
  
• Mechanics Devices & Mechanical Engineering
  • Exercise & Training Equipment
  • Manufacturing Equipment
  
  
• Alternative Energy

Second Language

Spanish

Community Involvement

Volunteer work with local church and other groups

Publications

• John M. Guynn, Proton Ionizable 14-Crown-4 Ligands Containing a 4-Pyridino Subcyclic Unit (1987) (unpublished masters thesis, Brigham Young University) (on file with author and Brigham Young University Library).

• Jerald S. Bradshaw et al., Proton Ionizable Crown Compounds 16: Synthesis, Structural Studies, and Cation Transport Studies of Crown Ethers Containing the 4-Pyridone N-Hydroxide Subcyclic Group, 53 J. Org. Chem. 2811 (Jun. 10, 1988) (Coauthoring the article).

• Jerald S. Bradshaw et al., Proton Ionizable Crown Compounds 9: Synthesis and Structural Studies of New 14-Crown-4 Compounds Containing a Pyridine or 4-Pyridone Subcyclic Unit, 24 J. Heterocyclic Chem. 415 (Mar.–Apr. 1987) (Coauthoring the article).

Education

• J.D., University of Virginia School of Law, 1989
• M.S., Brigham Young University, Chemistry, 1987
• B.S., Brigham Young University, Chemistry, 1985

Professional Admissions and Associations

• Utah State Bar


• California State Bar


• Washington D.C. Bar


• Registered Patent Attorney


• American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)


• American Bar Association


• Salt Lake County Bar

Other Information of Interest

• Co-Presenter at the Utah State Bar Intellectual Property Law Section on The World of Business Methods After Bilski: Practice Tips and Remedies. May 21, 2009
• Recognized in Utah Business Magazine’s "Legal Elite" as one of the top IP attorneys in Utah
• Past Co-chair of the Chemical Practice Subcommittee of the American Bar Association