We blend deep technical know-how with experienced patent expertise. Our team members have prior careers at Micron, Hewlett-Packard, General Dynamics, and Raytheon. Our attorneys and professionals graduated from Duke, Texas, and Gonzaga Universities, to name just a few.
Washington
District of Columbia
U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
University of Virginia
JD, School of Law
Brown University
ScB, magna cum laude
Electrical Engineering
Frank drafts and prosecutes patent applications in computer hardware and software fields.
Prior to joining Colby Nipper as Counsel, Frank spent 20 years drafting and prosecuting patent applications with other firms. Prior to that, he was a lecturer at the University of Arkansas School of Law (working in President Bill Clinton’s very modest former office) teaching courses in intellectual property law, written advocacy, and other subjects. He began his legal career as a patent litigator and was on the trial team for the plaintiff in Markman v. Westview Instruments. Frank worked as a Systems Engineer for IBM prior to attending law school.
Computer Hardware Fields: memory devices; processor architecture; solid-state manufacturing technologies
Computer Software Fields: user interfaces; end-user software; database management; image processing and compression; medical image processing; advertising delivery systems; project management systems; interactive television delivery
Automotive Fields: electrical vehicle charging and power management; user navigation, trip planning, and edutainment systems; driver risk and insurance management software; structural systems
Aerospace Fields: airframe structural and assembly technologies; steer-by-wire controllers; satellite image detection
Medical Fields: non-invasive surgical and sampling devices; ultrasound systems
Sporting Goods and Various Other Mechanical Fields
Systems Engineer, IBM