Jonathan Bingham Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Santa Monica, California, Us

Lead IP contact for Snap Lab Hardware

San Jose, California, Us

• Lead IP contact serving battery, additive manufacturing, and material teams. • Drove ideation, patent harvesting, and IDF review.• Counsel on patent strategy.• Managed outside counsel until bringing prosecution in-house and managing it myself. • Advised on many patent adjacent issues.• Managed patent spend and budgeting.

• Prepare optical, ecommerce, and web services patent applications for Fenwick & West and others.• Act as foreign associate for a prominent French IP Firm.• Advise clients and friends on a diverse range of patent matters.

Mountain View, California, Us

• Served as the lead IP team contact for multiple teams, including Perception, Behavior Prediction, Planner, Research, Data Science, and Radar.• Conducted patent harvests, engineer patent training, prior art searches, IDF review, and competitor benchmarking.• Oversaw the annual patent filing goal, managed outside counsel, and oversaw prosecution of my slice of Waymo's international patent portfolio.• Collaborated closely with product managers and product counsel to ensure IP coverage for deals, pilots, software releases, and other third-party disclosures.• Provided research conference submission and external talk support, including evaluating publications for patent filings.

Silicon Valley, Ca, Us

• Prepared and prosecuted domestic and international patent applications.• Extensive Patent Appeals experience including experience drafting Post Grant Reviews.• Managed clients, assisting smaller companies in developing patent strategies and portfolio management.• Supervised and trained junior patent engineers, patent agents, and associates.• Delivered presentations on patent-related topics, including Responding to 101 Rejections Post Alice.

Houston, Tx, Us

• Prepared and prosecuted foreign and domestic patent applications including working with inventors, researching client technology, interfacing with client corporate counsel, responding to office actions, and closely working with US Examiners and foreign associates.

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

• Collaborated with faculty and researchers to identify patentable research, conducted invention disclosure reviews, and performed prior art searches.• Managed a portfolio of university inventions, overseeing patent investment, strategy, marketing, and licensing.• Facilitated connections between USC researchers and companies, investors, entrepreneurs, and industry experts.

Burbank, Ca, Us

• Assisted in the management of Disney’s software patent portfolio and advised outside counsel with the prosecution of Disney’s pending patents. • Assisted VP General Counsel with patent portfolio review and validity analysis for ESPN acquisitions and performed competitor and product research relevant to Disney’s patent portfolio and technology space to determine potential infringement and/or licensing opportunities.

New York, New York, Us

• Prepared and prosecuted foreign and domestic patent applications. • Prepared claim charts and claim validity analysis, review of opposing counsel argument analysis, and general brainstorming.• Assisted in preparation of freedom to operate opinions, infringement analysis, and design-around advising.

B.S., Physics

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