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Kristine M. Strodthoff
Attorney
555 East Wells Street
Suite 1900
Milwaukee, WI 53202-3819
Phone: (414) 978-5531
Fax: (414) 223-5000
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Life Sciences
Ms. Strodthoff is a shareholder in the Milwaukee office of Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek. She has been in private practice for more than 15 years, and has extensive experience counseling clients in all phases of intellectual property rights, particularly in the medical, biotechnical and chemical industries.

Ms. Strodthoff has research and management experience in industrial, academic, and government settings. After completion of her Masters’ program, she took a position as a microbiologist with Biotechnical Resources, Inc., Manitowoc, Wisconsin, where she conducted product and process development research related to bacterial fermentation. She later joined the Division of Fisheries with the Missouri Department of Conservation as a biologist with the Stream Access and Lake Program. In state government, she was responsible for the evaluation and coordination of land acquisitions for public access to stream and lake recreational areas statewide.

Her undergraduate degree is in biology and education, with a minor in chemistry, and her Masters’ degree is in biology with an emphasis in aquatic systems (limnology). For her Masters’ thesis, she researched nutrient cycling in an aquatic system of the Mississippi River.

Education

  • University of Wisconsin Law School, J.D. 1989
  • University of Wisconsin–La Crosse, M.S., Biology, 1978
  • University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, B.S., Biology/Education, Chemistry minor, 1974

Admissions

  • State Bar of Wisconsin
  • State Bar of Minnesota
  • United States District Court of Minnesota
  • Registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Representative Work

  • Prepared and prosecuted U.S. and foreign patent, trademark and copyright applications.
  • Drafted and negotiated patent and trademark agreements and licenses, prepared confidential disclosure agreements, and written university policies on intellectual property.
  • Prepared patent infringement and validity opinions.
  • Conducted due diligence investigations for corporate acquisitions.

Professional Associations

  • Wisconsin Intellectual Property Law Association (WIPLA)
  • American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)