George Rapacki, patent attorney, california lawyer, intellectual property, electrical engineer

How can George help you do your work?

George Rapacki is an Engineer with 27 years experience in developing solutions to client problems. He now brings those same skills to his new career as a patent attorney for HRL Laboratories, LLC. As the HRL Patent Counsel, George prepares and reviews patent applications from a legal and technical standpoint. This means he works with the inventor to identify the kernel of the invention and ensures the claims in the application are as broad as justified. George applies the principals advocated by Ronald Slusky in his book “Invention Analysis and Claiming A Guide for the Patent Attorney". Mr Slusky’s fundamental tenet is that you have to understand the invention and the problem it solves before you can write an application that captures the abstract concept called an invention.This is not a very radical departure from the engineering work George did at Lockheed Martin where his performance appraisals frequently stated that George provides management with workable solutions to current problems.

The result is a patent application that is not just a cut and paste of the disclosure or limited to the embodiments identified in the disclosure, but a description of the intellectual property the inventor would claim if he were a patent attorney.

Why hire George Rapacki as a patent attorney?

Because he can help get the work done beginning with his first day on the job! George is a self starter. He has the basic legal skills to perform effectively as a patent attorney and the real world work experience not to need a lot of supervision. He has the work habits essential to working effectively in a team environment, i.e. by focusing on the problem or issue and not the personalities. He understands that effective solutions have to balance competing requirements of cost, schedule and technical accuracy; worthwhile patents have to do more than accept the invention disclosure at face value.

George's experience in developing workable solutions to critical satellite subsystem problems and to developing workable program practices to prove compliance with contractual requirements is applicable to his work as a patent attorney. He has demonstrated his ability to do legal analysis as an intern at the California Court of Appeal. George has the basic skills of a new attorney and the mature skills of a seasoned professional.

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California State Bar Association
Reg. No. 249861

United States Patent Office
Reg. No. 60770

Can George learn and work with new technologies?

Throughout his career George has learned through self study and the help of gracious colleagues: spacecraft technology, computer operating systems, computer programming and the use of sophisticated tools for computer performance measurement and data analysis. His first assignment was to analyze electronic circuits, then flexible body dynamics, spacecraft attitude control, spacecraft propulsion and orbital dynamics.

Subsequent assignments required George to acquire skills in statistical data analysis, event level simulations, operating systems, C programming, Unix programming, software development methodologies, computer hardware functioning, software licensing, Open Source Software and related technologies.

George's learning abilities were demonstrated again when he earned a Juris Doctor degree, passed the California Bar Exam and passed the Patent Agent’s Exam.

As the HRL Patent Counsel George has successfully worked with cutting edge inventions in semiconductor processing, semiconductor devices, laser physics, robot control, circuits, and software. His current responsibilities include the supervision of HRL patent work by approximately six outside law firms and twelve patent attorneys.