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Bill is the Founder of TechNomos, Inc. and is the lead author of iProperty: Profiting from Ideas in an Age of Global Innovation. During Bill’s 25+ years in technology and IP law, he has worked with visionary companies and inventors and led top-tier IP and legal teams. Bill has experience across many technologies, with a focus on life sciences, pharmaceuticals, and microfluidics.

Here are a few examples of how Bill has impacted his clients:

• Leading legal and IP diligence for GRAIL’s +$900 million investment round.
• Establishing IP strategy and leading a talented group of IP professionals at the world’s smartest company.
• Helping to build and sell a Duke University digital microfluidics startup for $100M.

Chapel Hill, NC

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Laura brings over 20 years’ experience working with biotech start-ups as well as Fortune 500 companies to strategically build their patent portfolios. She has worked with forward-thinking inventors across many technologies as both an in-house and private practice attorney. Laura’s expertise is focused on life sciences, protein and peptide chemistry, nanotechnology, materials science, biomedical engineering, and agriculture.

Education:

Ph.D., Biochemistry, Duke University

J.D., UNC at Chapel Hill School of Law

Admissions: 

2007, North Carolina

2001, United States Patent and Trademark Office

How Laura has impacted her clients:

• Took a start-up company’s patent portfolio from 12 patent families with 0 issued patents to 20 families with 20 issued patents
• Drafted the patent applications for a non-profit that became part of a sale to a fortune 500 company
• Co-founded an IP boutique law firm and built a biotechnology patent group focused on aligning patent protection with clients’ business goals

Victor is an attorney with TechNomos, Inc., and has over 10 years of experience in counseling a wide variety of companies, ranging from startups to some of the world’s most well known brands. He has built and managed patent portfolios focused on several different technologies, including bioinformatics, e-commerce, virtualization, telemedicine, and artificial intelligence, among others, and was key at implementing open source programs across several different companies.

Here are a few examples of how Victor has impacted his clients:

1) Planned and implemented a strategy for invention harvesting, affecting an exponential increase in patent filings for a unicorn company, to build a robust patent portfolio, with a focus on strategic patents
2) Established a new contract management process in order to scale business and legal operations for a rapidly expanding telemedicine startup
3) Conceived a guided open source program from its inception, and significantly increased the number of open source projects managed by a global e-commerce company

Thomas Bachelder may actually be one of the world’s most prolific and experienced invention writers. He had 21 years of technical industry experience as an engineer at IBM and 20+ years of experience as a technical writer and graphics artist focused on documenting IP. Tom has documented thousands of inventions across a wide range of technologies and has played a key role in building patent portfolios for many clients.

Tom has drafted 100+ invention disclosures for his clients.

Cindy Timblin is a prolific invention writer who is revered for her writing and editing expertise across a wide range of technology disciplines. Cindy has extensive hands-on research experience in both university and research institute environments. Cindy’s IP projects have focused on life sciences inventions in areas such as protein and genetic engineering, biotechnology assays and kits. Cindy has a Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from the University of Maryland.

Here are a few examples of how Cindy has impacted her clients:

• Prepared invention disclosures capturing key information to develop robust IP portfolio for clients
• Differentiated client’s inventions from similar existing products or processes with her keen insight and skill to understand the invention in detail and distinguish it from competition

Brandy Gamblin recently entered the intellectual property field as a patent analyst for TechNomos, Inc. Previously Brandy worked in the fields of environmental consulting, instrument and scientific software development. In addition, Brandy taught college level calculus, chemistry, and organic chemistry. Brandy has a Ph.D. in atmospheric chemistry from University of Colorado and is a Fulbright scholar.

Here are a few examples of how Brandy has impacted her clients:

• Identifying and assessing key references for invalidating competitor patents
• Researching and developing detailed invention disclosure write-ups
• Reviewing and assessing patent file histories

Mark Bloom is a patent agent with extensive experience in University and non-profit technology transfer with top tier innovators such as Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Cleveland Clinic, and Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences. Mark is registered to practice before the USPTO and is designated as a Certified Licensing Professional by the Licensing Executives Society. He is a prolific writer and presenter on IP topics and previously served for eight years as Editor of the Association of University Technology Managers’ Technology Transfer Practice Manual – a five-volume treatise focused on best practices in the field of academic technology transfer.

Here are a few examples of how Mark has impacted his clients:

• Negotiated a 10-year strategic alliance between the Cleveland Clinic and Stryker Corporation to create the “Orthopedic Operating Room of the Future”, which received a “Deal of Distinction Award” from the Licensing Executives Society
• Involved in creating 19 spin-out companies from academic institutions
• Facilitated the creation of an algal cell culture repository recognized under the Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure – the first new repository of its kind in 20 years

Sushila Ao is veteran, all-around IP manager with deep experience in the life sciences space. Sushila managed IP for 12+ years at Biocon, Ltd, India’s largest biotechnology company. Among other things, her deep skill set includes IP strategy development, patent preparation and prosecution strategies, and competitive IP landscaping. Sushila holds masters degrees in Biochemistry and Business Management from University of Hyderabad.

Here are a few examples of how Sushila has impacted her clients:

• Performed IP diligence projects for partnership/licensing with universities, startup companies and pharmaceutical companies for novel bio-molecules and delivery devices
• Prepared reports mapping technology trends, competitive landscapes, business information and IP encumbrance for business and market analysis
• Helped design pharmaceutical/biological formulations and processes based on prior art, open source and white space analysis