Michael S. Sherrill received a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology in 1982. He graduated from the University of Iowa School of Law in 1984. He is licensed as an attorney in Minnesota and is registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office as a patent attorney. He is also licensed to practice before the United States Court for the District of Minnesota, United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, and United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

Following graduation from law school, Mike practiced law with the Minneapolis law firm of Merchant & Gould for approximately six years. Following his tenure at Merchant & Gould, Mike practiced law with Faegre & Benson for approximately five years. Following his natural entrepreneurial bent, in 1996 Mike founded Sherrill Law Offices, located in the Minneapolis-St. Paul suburb of White Bear Lake, Minnesota. In his 19-year career, Mike has developed extensive expertise in numerous areas of intellectual property law including assessing the patentability of new concepts; evaluating the availability of trademarks; procuring patent, trademark and copyright protection; identifying and protecting trade secrets; evaluating patent infringement; assessing patent validity; conducting trademark opposition and cancellation proceedings; auditing intellectual property assets; and development, maintenance and enforcement of a strong intellectual property portfolio.

Mike has extensive patent experience in several technical areas including chemical, biochemical and mechanical products and processes. One of the technical areas which Mike has obtained significant expertise is the manufacture and use of industrial detersive systems for which he has prepared approximately 50 patent applications. The patents cover such areas as encapsulation of active components, formulation techniques, dispensing techniques, processing of articles using the detersive systems, etc. Other technical areas in which Mike has experience include manufacture and use of adhesive compositions, manufacture of expanded porous plastics, synthesis of steroids, use of denaturant gradient gel electrophoresis, manufacture of conveyor systems, manufacture of high speed adhesive tape applications and manufacture of power tools.

Mike’s practice is international in scope and includes the procurement of patent, trademark, and copyright protection throughout the world including strategic utilization of the multinational patenting system developed through the Patent Cooperation Treaty.

Mike is married and the proud father of a daughter and three sons.