Mr. Savereide is Of Counsel at Patterson, Thuente, Skaar, and Christensen, a Minneapolis law firm specializing in intellectual property law. Previously, he was a Senior Attorney at Cargill, Inc. and Corporate Patent Counsel for Chiron Corporation in Emeryville, California. He also worked as an associate with the Minneapolis office of the Dorsey and Whitney law firm. Mr. Savereide earned his PhD in Cell and Developmental Biology from the University of Minnesota and his JD from the University of Minnesota in December, 1991. He is a member of the Minnesota Bar and is registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office as a Patent Attorney.