Brandon Theiss, PE, Esq.

Experience

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  Johnson Scale & Balance Company

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2012

  Systems Engineer

  Hired to direct and re-focus the Engineering division of this industrial scale distribution and service company in existence since 1897 in order to create differentiated, higher value solutions for clients in a wide range of industries including pharmaceutical, logistics and heavy manufacturing. Led the design, specification, fabrication, implementation, and instruction for use of data collection and process control systems.• Developed a data collection system for a major pharmaceutical company that helped an incontinence drug obtain pre-clinical approval.• Created a system that allowed to improve the accuracy of inventory by over 300% across the three factories of a Fortune 500 manufacturing company. Show less

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  American Standard Brands

  Jan 2011 - Jan 2013

  Master Black Belt

  Managed a multicultural team of 14 Continuous Improvement engineers for four factories located across North America (USA, Canada, and Mexico).• Designed a comprehensive data collection system for the chinaware manufacturing process enabling complete traceability of both material and labor for improving product yields and resource utilization.• Utilized Lean Six Sigma in both the manufacturing and corporate business processes to reduce cost and cycle times.

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  Medtronic

  Jan 2013 - Jan 2015

  Principal Industrial Engineer

  Site Lead for Continuous Improvement efforts for a unique aseptic medical device with an annual goal of reducing site operating costs by 5%.• Created patented device allowing to automate one of the manufacturing steps in the process (demineralizing human bone, U.S. Patent No. 9,308,296), which resulted in improved efficiency and resource utilization.• Designed a Statistical Process Control System that mined data directly from SAP to generate real-time Shewhart Control Charts and which controlled process variation.• Created a “Lunch and Learn” course used to train 35% of onsite employees to pass the ASQ Green Belt certification examination. Show less

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  Volpe and Koenig, P.C.

  Jan 2014 - Jan 2019

  Patent Attorney | Patent Agent

  Counseled global Fortune 500 clients in a wide range of technologies to obtain both US and foreign patent protection. Focused on developing patent portfolios that covered both a client core and adjacent technologies in order to maximize the economic value of the client’s innovation• Generated the top number of hours billed by an associate in 2019, with typical annual billable hours in excess of 2,100. • Annually won more than 120 United States patents for clients across a wide range of technologies. • Prepared over 30 new U.S. and international patent applications derived from inventor disclosures, and regularly prosecuted numerous other domestic and foreign patent applications. • Conducted over 20 Evidence of Use studies for clients with portfolios of 20-1,000 patents in consumer electronics, over the top content providers, MPEG standards, antivirus software, auto manufacturing, and cloud storage. Show less

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  Intellectual Ventures

  Jan 2019 - Jan 2022

  Director Patent Licensing

  Responsible for monetizing over 10,000 worldwide patents at the end of their useful life. Successfully developed, presented and defended claim charts and patent assertions which resulted in more than 50 newly licensed companies. • Created and implemented an Open-Source Software licensing program that generated over $120M in new licensing revenue from patents that had never been utilized.• Supported three litigations campaigns against the Computer Networking, Computer Hardware and Automotive industries through the generation of Evidence of Use Claim Charts. • Liaison between legal and technical teams that resulted in the drafting of specific contract terms for licensing agreements and the establishment of patent validity positions under 35 USC §101.• Supervised and reviewed the generation of Evidence of Use Claim charts by a team of engineers in the US, Ireland and India that supported all licensing campaigns through the organization. Show less

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  Swoop PKI

  Jan 2020 - now

  Patent Counsel
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  Volpe Koenig

  Jan 2023 - now

  Shareholder