Michael Gallagher’s practice is directed to drafting and prosecuting patent applications, as well as counseling clients with respect to a variety of intellectual property matters.

Mike has written and prosecuted patent applications in a number of technical fields including: electrosurgical and other medical devices; automotive products such as instrument and trim panels as well as inflatable restraint systems; plastic compositions, composites and associated processing techniques; coatings such as paints and finishes; heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems; electro-mechanical devices such as electric motors and pumps; lighting systems; recycling equipment and related techniques; and gauges, test fixtures, molds, tooling, and other manufacturing equipment and mechanical devices.

Mike’s pre-law engineering career spanned more than a decade, where he garnered substantial experience in the full product development cycle from conception through launch. In particular, he held engineering positions in advanced product development, applications engineering, and materials and process engineering at Textron’s Automotive Technology Center in Dover, NH. There, he was involved with automotive projects relating to interior and exterior trim, instrument panel, and inflatable restraint systems. During his eleven year tenure with Textron Automotive Company, Mike was a named inventor on twenty-four U.S. patents related to automotive products.

In 1995, Mike transitioned the focus of his career to intellectual property law. From 1995 until 1999, he managed the intellectual property matters of a major division of Textron Automotive Company, including a diverse patent portfolio having several hundred patents and patent applications. Mike also served for a number of years as the Director of Intellectual Property at Salient Surgical Technologies, where he gained significant business and legal expertise within the medical device and healthcare industry.

Mike holds a J.D. degree from the New England School of Law, an M.B.A. degree from Northeastern University and a B.S. degree in engineering from the University of Lowell. He is a registered patent attorney with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and admitted to the District of Columbia and New Hampshire Bars.

Mike and his family reside in Hampton where he is active in youth sports and as a member of the community.