Mr. Stuart H. Seymour

Mr. Stuart Seymour is a Swiss Patent Agent and heads the Patent Research Department at Geissler & Associates.

Mr. Seymour studied English, history and political science at Pinetown College, South Africa.  Following his studies at university, he became a law enforcement officer at the local Police Constabulary.  However, he became increasingly caught up in the political turmoil and civil unrest in South Africa during the 1990's.  Political events caused Mr. Seymour to emigrate from South Africa to the United Kingdom, then to Switzerland, and finally to the United States.

Mr. Seymour completed a six-year apprenticeship under the direction of a Chartered Engineer with the aim of practicing engineering.  He trained in structural and mechanical engineering, telecommunications, computer networks, and software applications.

Although not particularly inventive, Mr. Seymour developed a keen interest in patents and in patent law.

At Geissler & Associates, Mr. Seymour performs computer patent searches over a broad range of mechanical and computer network technologies.  In addition, he undertakes exacting manual library searches for prior art in relation to patent applications before the United States Patent and Trademark Office in Washington D.C. and the European Patent Office in Munich. 

 Mr. Seymour has developed a specialty, namely, patents for proprietary business methods in e-commerce.  Of course, the best-known example of such a patented business method is Amazon.com's "One-Click" ® method for on-line book sales.

Mr. Seymour is familiar with the details of patent prosecution before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the European Patent Office, and before the competent authorities in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Switzerland, and South Africa.

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