Mr. Guth has prosecuted patent applications in technologies such as machine design, semi-conductor structure and fabrication, electro mechanical design, aircraft systems, spacecraft components, DWDM optical systems, industrial processing machinery, consumer products, sporting accessories, computer enabled business methods, and others.

   Prior to entering law school, Mr. Guth spent 12 years working in spacecraft design at Ford Aerospace (later Space Systems/Loral) where he designed, assembled, and tested precision pointing mechanisms for use on imagery and communication satellites. He was awarded NASA Group Achivement Awards for his contributions to the Solar X-Ray Imager Project and for his help in recovering a malfunctioning GOES satellite.

   After law school, Mr. Guth joined the firm of Skjerven Morrill MacPherson LLP as an associate in the Patent Group. While at Skjerven, Mr. Guth prosecuted patents in technologies such as precision machinery, semi-conductor processing equipment, information transfer, and electronic business methods.

   Mr. Guth has been in private practice since 2002 and currently has clients involved with aircraft systems, electric vehicles, nanotechnology, chemical deposition and reaction technologies, medical devices, electronic business devices, sporting equipment, and others.

   Mr. Guth is a member of the State Bar of California and is registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Offfice.

Education:
Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering; University of California, Davis
Juris Doctor, cum laude; Santa Clara University School Of Law
          American Jurisprudence Award in Property
          CALI Awards in Patent Litigation, Comparative Antitrust, and Property
Certificate in High Technology Law; Santa Clara University School of Law