GREGORY WELTE
1992 – 2021
PATENT ATTORNEY
Represented General Electric Aviation, AT&T Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies, and NCR Corporation.
1993 – 1995
PhD
student
PURDUE UNIVERSITY
Completed 75 percent of course work for Ph.D. in EE. Dissertation topic: carrier mobility
in thermo-electric materials. GPA: 4.5/5.0
1992 – 1993
MS,
Eng Sci.
RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
Solid state physics, optoelectronics, thermodynamics, electronic properties of materials, and
instrumentation amplifiers. IC FABLAB course: 10 hours lab work per week in largest university
clean room on East Coast, fabricating 2-micron devices.
Received unsolicited offer of admission to Ph.D. program in materials science, together with full
research assistantship.
GPA: 5.0/5.0
1990 – 1992
Patent drafting and prosecution in solid state devices, semiconductor physics, and computer architecture.
1988 – 1990
Patent prosecution, primarily on UDF cases.
1981 – 1988
Handled patent drafting and prosecution, plus federal contracting issues.
Had sole responsibility for patenting GE’s UnDucted Fan, UDF:
30,000 horsepower PropFan, $2B project with NASA.
1979 – 1981
MSEE
Solid state devices, radio electronics, electromagnetic fields and antennas, control system theory,
transformers, electric power transmission systems. Taught analog circuits, digital circuits,
and semiconductor physics. Voted outstanding teacher.
Thesis: FORTRAN model. An electric utility has multiple generators which together satisfy total
consumer demand, which continually changes. Efficiency of each generator varies with output.
Model assigned output to each generator to (1) meet total demand and (2) maximize efficiency.
GPA 4.1/5.0
1976 – 1979
BSEE
forthcoming
Electrical engineering. Bio-med minor. 3 courses required for degree.
GPA 4.85/5.0 for 7 semesters.
1974 – 1977
Associate, patent litigation.
1975
LL.M.
Taxation, securities, business planning, and patent law.
1973
JD
Top 15 percent at Cal Western, Dean’s List at Northwestern.
1970
AB
Economics major. Science / math courses were sufficient for admission to patent bar exam.
GPA 3.3 / 4.0 for 2 years.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
U.S. Patent Office, 1981
U.S. District Court, Illinois, 1974
Supreme Court, Illinois, 1974