Professional experience
Michael T. Hawkins is an Associate in the Twin Cities office of Fish & Richardson P.C. His practice emphasizes U.S. and foreign patent portfolio strategy and management, patent reexaminations, patentability analysis, clearance investigations, intellectual property licensing and agreements, due diligence investigations, and pre-suit investigations. His work also focuses on strategic counseling for emerging companies to develop a comprehensive approach to intellectual property, such as conducting freedom-to-operate studies, obtaining patent protection in the United States and abroad, and planning defensive and offensive strategies.

Technical areas of expertise
Mr. Hawkins has counseled clients for patent prosecution, patentability analysis, freedom-to-operate investigations, and pre-suit investigations, in the areas of medical devices, medical information storage and processing, network communication systems, consumer products, internal combustion engines, turbine systems, flow control instruments, optical devices, electrical component manufacturing, computer hardware, software, Internet technologies, and business methods. In addition, Mr. Hawkins is a specialist in patent reexamination, including both ex parte reexaminations and inter partes reexamination. He has represented both requesters and patent owners in proceedings for patents related to medical devices, consumer products, pharmaceutical instruments, and metallurgical compositions. This experience includes advising clients on patent reexamination strategies during concurrent patent litigation proceedings.

Publications
"Prosecution Laches in the Wake of Symbol Technologies: What is 'Unreasonable and Unexplained' Delay?" 87 Minn. L. Rev. 1621 (2003).

Bar admissions
Admitted to the bar in Minnesota.