Jim is the founder of Carmichael IP, with the #1 winning record of any law firm in the world representing patent owners in Inter Partes Reviews at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, 2014-2019. He is a former Administrative Patent Judge on the Board and was employed by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) for eight years, including working in the electrical and computer division as an Examiner-in-Chief. Currently he represents inventors and patent challengers before the PTO in patent prosecution and inter partes review proceedings. Jim regularly serves as an expert witness on PTO prosecution and post-grant procedures. Before becoming a Judge, Jim served for five years as an Associate Solicitor of the PTO. In that capacity, he represented the agency in federal court litigation and argued more than thirty appeals at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. The appeals Jim handled included patentability and reexamination. He was also Coordinator of attorney discipline proceedings. Jim helped develop PTO procedures relating to the duty of disclosure as well as post-grant proceedings.