John M. Guynn

With more than 25 years of patent law experience, John M. Guynn assists clients in all aspects of patent prosecution. Mr. Guynn’s extensive experience includes the initial formulation of creative and broad-based patent strategies, preparation and filing of patent applications and arguments before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and foreign patent offices. His technical expertise spans chemistry, biotechnology, life sciences, medical devices, and related processes, and he’s worked with corporations large and small, including pre-IPO startups and individual inventors.

Mr. Guynn has also been an inventor of several patented technologies, including for medical devices and environmentally friendly blended cements.

• U.S. Prosecution of Intellectual Property, including patents, trademarks, and copyrights
• International Prosecution of Intellectual Property, including patents and trademarks
• Licensing and Client Counseling
• U.S. Trademark Oppositions
• European Patent and Trademark Oppositions
• Litigation Support and Expert Witness
• Biotechnology, Biochemical, Chemical, Pharmaceutical, and Life Sciences
• Mechanical Devices and Mechanical Engineering
• Has built and managed extensive patent portfolios in the fields of dental products, small molecule pharmaceuticals, catalysts for heavy oil upgrading, concrete, biodegradable polymers, bone anchors, and carbon sequestration.

• Utah State Bar
• California State Bar
• Washington D.C. Bar
• Registered Patent Attorney, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
• American Bar Association
• Salt Lake County Bar

• 2015 – 2017, The Best Lawyers in America©
• 2013-2018, Mountain States Super Lawyers

American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)
American Concrete Institute
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
American Chemical Society

• Anna Maria Workshop – presented technical paper entitled “Maximizing the Utilization of Supplementary Cementitious Materials in Concrete,” 2015
• IEEE Cement Conference, Toronto – co-presented technical paper entitled “Maximizing SCM Content of Blended Cements” – awarded 1^st prize for best technical paper, 2015
• Co-Presenter at the Utah State Bar Intellectual Property Law Section: The World of Business Methods After Bilski: Practice Tips and Remedies, 2009

• IEEE-IAS/PCA Cement Conference: “Maximizing SCM Content of Blended Cements,” best technical paper award, 2015

• Spanish