Bob Lambrechts is a partner with the 300 attorney general practice law firm of Lathrop & Gage LLP and is a licensed patent attorney.  Bob earned a Bachelor's and a Master's degree in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from the University of Missouri at Columbia and is a licensed professional engineer.  He has substantial experience in preparing patent applications for a wide range of applications. In addition, he advises clients on trademarks including their prosecution, opposition, policing and enforcement.  He also provides clients with legal opinions on infringement issues and patent validity and assists clients with licensing of intellectual property and protecting trademarks and copyrights.

From 1983 to 1987, Mr. Lambrechts served as a senior automation engineer with the Allied Signal Corporation in Kansas City, Missouri.

From 1991 to 1995, Mr. Lambrechts served with the U.S. EPA in the Region 7 office as a special assistant to the Regional Administrator.

Mr. Lambrechts also serves as an adjunct professor at the University of Missouri at Kansas City where he has taught courses for both the law school and engineering school since 1993.  Mr. Lambrechts continues to serve with the Kansas City Chamber of Commerce where he previously chaired the Chamber's Environment Committee.  Mr. Lambrechts' avocation is his service to the United States Naval Reserve as  the Navy's Campus Liaison Officer for UMKC where he recruits engineering students for the Navy's Civil Engineering and Nuclear Propulsion Programs. 

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