David’s practice focuses on domestic patent prosecution and portfolio development for a broad range of clients. He advises large and small companies as well as individual inventors to identify, protect, and leverage their intellectual property rights.
With about 20 years of experience in patent law, David works with clients to develop and manage patent portfolios across a diverse array of technologies in the electrical, mechanical, and computer arts. His technical expertise spans network communications (wired and wireless), signal processing, optical systems, acoustics, and nuclear physics. David was an instructor for the U.S. Naval Nuclear Propulsion program where he had to describe complex concepts in varying ways to ensure success of his students, a skill that has been invaluable in patent drafting and in communicating with Examiners and inventors. He was also a Patent Examiner at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for three years near the beginning of his legal career and worked as in-house patent counsel at a consumer electronics company, gaining valuable insight to patent practice from all angles.
David received his JD, cum laude, from Campbell University and a bachelor of science in electrical engineering, cum laude, from the University of Minnesota. He is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and admitted to practice law in Massachusetts.
