David Buckingham Email & Phone Number

Sunnyvale, California, US

• Lead on all aspects of Intellectual Property (IP) of 23andMe’s consumer genetic testing business, including all IP related to software, algorithms, data processing, health diagnostics, precision-based medicine.
• Determine and set the patent strategy for all aspects of the patent portfolio including utility and design patents. Grow patent portfolio from 19 (16 utility and 3 design) to 134 (113 utility and 21 design) issued.
• Present patent/IP updates to the Executive Team and, Patent Steering Committee.
• Design and conduct freedom to operate/clearance analyses, patent landscape analysis, and prior art searches.
• Develop and implement Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), Large Language Model (LLM), and Open Source Software (OSS) policies. Includes handling confidentiality, privacy, compliance, regulatory, and IP.
• Build and oversee copyright program for compliance with copyright laws and copyright application filings including data use rights and related issues.

San Mateo, California, US

• Perform all aspects of patent prosecution (domestic and international) including patent drafting and prosecution for clients relating to medical applications including stents, endoscopic and vascular catheters.
• Advise clients on patent laws in foreign jurisdictions, such as Europe, Japan, China, Australia, Canada, Taiwan, South Korea, Brazil, and Mexico.
• Manage patent portfolios for clients.
• Perform patentability, infringement, validity, and freedom-to-operate analysis.
• Prepare client intellectual property portfolios for due diligence and work with opposing counsel during due diligence.
• Conduct invention disclosure meetings with inventors.

Irvine, CA, US

• Perform all aspects of patent prosecution (domestic and international) including patent drafting and prosecution for clients in the fields of semiconductor fabrication, microelectromechanical devices, chemistry.
• Advise foreign clients on U.S. patent law.
• Advise clients on patent laws in foreign jurisdictions, such as Europe, China, Canada, Taiwan, and South Korea.
• Conduct invention disclosure meetings with inventors.
• Perform patentability, infringement, validity, and freedom-to-operate/clearance analysis, and prepare legal opinion letters regarding same.
• Prepare license agreements.

Allentown, Pennsylvania, US

• Project engineering and process engineering in support of chemical plants.
• Process engineering and asset management for arsine (AsH3) manufacturing.
• Managed chemical disposition team to shutdown chemical plant.

US

Large Loan Securitization GroupWrote and prepared commercial loan portfolio books for Rating Agency Presentations.Performed due diligence of client financial records and assisted in underwriting loans in excess of $25M

Juris Doctor

Bachelor Of Science, Chemical Engineering

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