Marvin Beekman

Marvin Beekman is a principal at SLW Intellectual Property Law Firm in Minnesota and a registered patent attorney. His practice focuses on patent prosecution, intellectual property counseling, portfolio management, and legal opinions. Beekman represents individual inventors and companies ranging from startups to established global enterprises. He helps clients protect innovations in the United States and internationally while aligning patent strategies with technical developments, commercial priorities, and broader business goals.

Beekman earned his J.D. from Hamline University School of Law in 1994 and his B.S.E. in Electrical Engineering from Dordt College in 1991. His engineering background supports a patent practice involving technically complex inventions and allows him to work closely with inventors, engineers, and corporate patent teams. He is admitted in Minnesota and has been registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office since 1994.

Beekman has extensive experience securing patent protection for biomedical, electrical, mechanical, and software inventions. His technical work includes active medical device systems, electronics, integrated circuit design and fabrication, computer hardware, applied artificial intelligence, control systems, telecommunications, hydraulic systems, electromechanical systems, and consumer products. He also provides validity and freedom-to-operate opinions and manages patent portfolios, helping clients evaluate protection strategies and address intellectual property risks across different technologies and markets.

Marvin Beekman is a member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association and the Minnesota Intellectual Property Law Association. Earlier in his career, he served as Attorney and Director of Operations for an engineering company, giving him practical in-house experience with business and technical decision-making. His combination of engineering knowledge, patent prosecution experience, and corporate perspective helps clients develop cost-conscious intellectual property strategies designed to protect innovation and support long-term commercial objectives.

Law Office Affiliations

• Principal, Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
• Member, Minnesota Intellectual Property Law Association
• Member, American Intellectual Property Law Association

Licensed State

• Minnesota

Education

• Hamline University School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Dordt College
  Bachelor of Science in Engineering (BSE)

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