About Scott C.
Scott C. Hilton trained first as an engineer and then as a lawyer. He earned a Bachelor of Science in computer engineering from Brigham Young University and later attended the S.J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah, where he completed his legal education. That combination of technical and legal training shapes the work he does today.
His early career moved between labs and legal teams. He worked as an intellectual property engineer at Coltera Intellectual Property and then at FujiFilm MicroDisks. Those roles put him inside product development cycles and onto the front lines of patentable innovation. The experience also exposed him to the practical side of preparing technical disclosures and translating engineering concepts into protectable intellectual property.
Hilton obtained registration to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. He joined Kunzler Law Group in 2006 and serves there as a partner and registered patent lawyer. At Kunzler he has combined his technical background with courtroom and counseling work. He is admitted to practice in Utah and before the Tenth Circuit, and he maintains active involvement in federal and state bar groups.
He participates in bar and professional organizations that reflect his mix of interests. He is listed in the Utah State Bar’s Intellectual Property, Cyberlaw and Litigation sections. He is also a member of the Federal Bar Association and belongs to the J. Reuben Clark Law Society. Those affiliations provide regular contact with peers who handle complex litigation, patent prosecution and technology policy issues.
Colleagues describe him as someone who moves easily between technical files and legal strategy. He handles patent prosecution and related disputes, and he advises clients on protecting innovations born in engineering labs. His background in computer engineering informs patent drafting and claim construction in software and hardware cases. He is comfortable briefing courts and working with technical experts to clarify complicated designs for judges and juries.
The arc of his career runs from engineer to patent practitioner. That progression has left him with a practical sense of what inventors and companies need when they seek legal protection for new products. He lives that intersection of technology and law in his daily work. He currently practices at Kunzler Law Group, PC, where he concentrates on intellectual property matters including patent prosecution and IP-related litigation.
