Joe Basista Email & Phone Number

Chandler, Arizona, United States

• Co-founder of private patent law practice offering a range of US and foreign legal services to address IP and business challenges facing small to medium-sized companies and individual inventors.
• Experienced in interacting with clients in a variety of roles, including strategic counseling, patent portfolio development, IP assertion and technology sector analysis to identify whitespace for current and/or future.
• Skilled in counseling and assisting foreign companies seeking expansion into US markets.

Tolland, CT

• Full-time analyst assisting clients in various technology fields develop and implement IP strategies/systems for intellectual asset collection, appraisal, management and capitalization.
• Counseled clients on navigating US and European medical device approval processes.
• Visited numerous client facilities in US, Canada and Europe to highlight NERAC capabilities during sales presentations.

Seattle, WA

• Patent attorney for venture-backed incubator developing new medical devices and surgical procedures.
• Responsible for development of IP assets, including prosecution of US patent applications in mechanical and electrical technologies.
• Evaluated and prioritized IP assets to determine potential for funding, development and monetization of individual technology developments.

Redmond, WA

• Sole in-house attorney for orthopedic medical device “start-up” company.
• Responsible for corporate legal matters as well as US and foreign IP protection strategy and implementation, US Interference proceedings and European Opposition.
• Responsible for due diligence of major corporate financial events, including venture investment rounds, $35M corporate partner investment and $6M IP asset-divestiture.

Sunnyvale, CA

• Sole in-house attorney for orthopedic medical device “start-up” company from pre-IPO through public company phases (May 2002 IPO - company sold to Medtronic for $4.2 billion in 2007).
• Responsible for development and implementation of IP protection strategies, including infringement/freedom-to-operate studies, intellectual property licenses and preparation and prosecution of over 200 US and foreign.
• Supervised ongoing litigation matters and counseled executive staff and Board of Directors regarding IP and corporate legal issues and strategies.

Newport Beach, CA

• Responsible for broad intellectual property patent practice matters in mechanical, electrical and chemical arts.
• Litigated patent, trademark, unfair competition and copyright matters for various clients.
• Performed legal research, prepared witnesses, deposed/defended depositions and drafted/argued pretrial motions.

Taipei City, Taiwan

- Assisted with litigation, patent enforcement, copyright and trademark matters. - Conducted seminars and training sessions for Chinese attorneys on U.S. patent, trademark and copyright laws.- Ensured foreign applications and documents complied with U.S. requirements prior to filing.

Clarendon, VA

Independent patent searcher contracted to conduct preliminary patentability / prior-art searches in chemical, mechanical and electrical art areas at U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

Norfolk, VA

• Honorable Discharge from Service (1992)
• DIVISION OFFICER - Managed Combat, Deck, and Gunnery Divisions on board USS Truett (FF-1095).
• BOARDING OFFICER - Planned, executed and led 212 merchant ship searches during Operation Desert Storm.

J.D., Law

Activities and Societies: Executive Managing Editor (Student Staff) - American Intellectual Property (AIPLA) Law Journal

Bsme, Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Navy ROTC