Mr. Messinger is a director in the Electronics Group. He handles complex patent matters involving inter partes and post-grant review, reexamination, reissue and appeals. He works with company managers, directors and employees to identify and leverage intellectual property assets.

Mr. Messinger has extensive experience prosecuting U.S. and international patent applications and developing strategic patent portfolios. He has written and prosecuted numerous patent applications including those related to computer networking (Internet, World-Wide Web, Java technologies), communications protocols, browsers, geographical information systems, high-speed optical communications, optoelectronics, graphics processing, data mining, voice-over-IP, cryptography, and multi-processor computer architecture.  Hundreds of patents he helped obtain have been successfully enforced or acquired.