Benjamin Cotton Email & Phone Number

United States

3801 S Oliver St, Wichita, Ks, Us

Cleveland, Ohio, Us

* Create and negotiate a variety of contracts including NDAs, supply agreements, IP licenses and acquisitions, social media contracts, and software licenses* Manage IP portfolio including identifying potential patentable inventions* Prepare original patent applications* Work with outside legal counsel regarding IP prosecution and IP litigation* Prepare clearance (freedom to operate), patentability, invalidity, and non-infringement opinions for patents and trademarks* Meet with engineers, product managers, and marketing associates to identify potential IP and develop and IP roadmap

Cleveland, Oh, Us

• Prepare and prosecute US and foreign patent applications• Prepare clearance (freedom-to-operate), patentability, invalidity, and non-infringement opinions• Conducting meetings with engineers to develop a non-infringing design-around of competitor patents• Coordinate with clients to develop roadmap for intellectual property protection for all projects• Provide general intellectual property strategy and counseling to corporate clients and sole inventors• Assist clients in establishing overall patent identification, recognition, and decision processes• Provide educational seminars for clients relating to various aspects of intellectual property• Prepare and negotiate various IP agreements• Prepare patent Opposition defense and participate in Opposition hearing at the European Patent Office• Prosecute trademark applications• Representative technologies: crude oil desalting processing, outdoor power equipment (riding mowers, walk-behind mowers, chainsaws, string trimmers, blowers, edgers, tillers, hedge trimmers, etc.), decorative wall panel systems, piston manufacturing

Almere, Flevoland, Nl

• Managed overall intellectual property strategy and portfolio across all technology platforms• Managed outside counsel with respect to intellectual property matters• Managed intellectual property support staff• Developed and implemented roadmap for maximizing protection of intellectual property• Prepared and prosecuted all US and foreign mechanical patent applications• Managed and coordinated internal patent committee, including the review of invention disclosures• Organized, developed, and implemented a Competitive Analysis Program to analyze competitor’s IP• Created and implemented a Global Purchasing Agreement to be used with all vendors worldwide• Provided a variety of non-IP legal assistance, including import/export regulatory compliance• Developed and implemented employee intellectual property education program• Coordinated meetings with managers and engineers to identify intellectual property in current projects• Drafted and supported various legal agreements, including non-disclosure agreements and intellectual property license agreements• Representative technologies: atomic layer deposition and chemical vapor deposition tools for deposition of metal on silicon wafers during the manufacture of semiconductor circuits and chips.

Us

• Prepared and prosecuted utility patent applications in U.S. Patent Office• Performed infringement analysis of competitor’s product with respect to client’s patents• Responded to foreign patent Office Actions• Representative technologies: kidney dialysis components, confectionary production equipment, consumer (kitchen) appliances, electrical fuses

Chicago, Il, Us

• Prepared and prosecuted utility patent applications in U.S. Patent Office• Provided clearance, patentability and non-infringement opinions• Prepared and maintained 400+ design patent applications and issued design patents• Prepared and filed foreign utility and design patent applications• Performed legal research for patent litigation• Prepared Defendant-Appellee’s appeal brief for appeal to the Federal Circuit• Representative technologies: semiconductor processing (chemical-mechanical planarization), deep-water offshore oil drilling platforms, power tools, railcars, consumer electronics designs, kitchen utensils, futures trading software, office furniture, medical devices

Juris Doctor, Law

Bs, Mechanical Engineering