Fred was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on May 23, 1950.  He obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Cincinnati in 1973, and thereafter worked as a design and project engineer for 17 years before becoming an attorney.  He worked at large companies (such as Westinghouse Electric Co., OPW Division of Dover Corporation, and Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.) as well as small companies (such as Unosource Controls, Inc. and Systecon, Inc.) during this period.  As a design engineer, Fred created microprocessor controllers at the printed circuit board level, as well as other analog and digital electronic circuits, including optoelectronic sensing circuits with fiber optic sensors.  As a project engineer, Fred was responsible for large computer-driven data acquisition systems that controlled processes such as chilled water, hot water, and potable water systems for large hotels and office buildings, as well as other process equipment, such as plastic injection molders.  Fred also wrote computer programs for some of these projects, and supervised other software engineers at the same time.  Fred designed programmable controller software for amusement park rides at King's Island (near Cincinnati), and also designed data acquisition and alarm systems for King's Island and other similar public facilities.  Fred obtained his Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from the Salmon P. Chase College of Law at Northern Kentucky University in 1990 (top 10%), and has worked for private law firms as a patent attorney since that time.  Fred worked at Frost & Jacobs from 1990-1996, Davidson & Gribbell from 1997-2002, and Frederick H. Gribbell, LLC from 2002-2007.

Patent law including searches, opinions (patentability, [in]validity and [non]infringement), applications, prosecution, design-around consultation, licensing and development agreements.  Trademark and copyright law including searches, opinions, applications, prosecution and licensing.  Trade secret law.  Employment and confidentiality agreements.