Travis Banta

Experience

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  Vantage Controls

  Jun 2004 - Aug 2006

  Test Engineer

  • Repaired damaged automated electrical lighting products on a component level • Assembled and tested prototype products to comply with Underwriters Laboratories requirements• Identified circuitry flaw in a prototype product and suggested new circuit design

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  USPTO

  Sept 2006 - Dec 2007

  Patent Examiner

  • Achieved rare perfect score on first yearly review while passing the Patent Bar Exam, producing at above 110% of quota, and training four newly hired patent examiners• Awarded two accelerated promotions based on quality and production excellence• Examined electronic and electro-mechanical gaming systems and methods

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  Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

  Jan 2008 - Feb 2011

  Patent Agent/Student Associate

  • Drafted and prosecuted electrical, electromechanical, and business method patent applications• Assisted partners with patentability opinions, patent licensing negotiations, litigation support, legal research, and client relations• Assisted pro-bono clients before the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims• Tutored partners, associates, and staff attending the firm’s Mandarin classes during weekly lunch study group

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  ALG Intellectual Property, LLC

  Mar 2011 - Sept 2014

  Associate Patent Attorney

  • Prosecuted hundreds of patent applications focusing on wireless and optical communications, mobile devices, set-top box technologies, graphical user interfaces, and cochlear implants• Drafted appeal briefs• Conducted examiner interviews• Served informally as a firm adviser on patent office internal practice• Taught a continuing legal education class titled "Examiner Interviews from an Examiner's Perspective"

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  Atlas Intellectual Property Law

  Jan 2015 - Nov 2017

  Patent Attorney, Owner

  At Atlas IP, we seek to acquire, protect, and grow our clients’ intellectual property based on a comprehensive patent portfolio analysis and a strategic patent portfolio plan. We work with our clients to thoroughly understand and effectively describe their technology and to secure any legal protection that may be available, including patents, copyrights, and trademarks. We also help our clients monetize their intellectual property through licensing, sales, and other intellectual property transactions.In many years of patent experience, I have participated in patent prosecution from both inside the Patent Office and outside the Patent Office in both big and small law firms. Because of that experience, I have a unique perspective on how to prosecute patents in an efficient and cost-effective way that serves my clients' interests and pocketbook. I am particularly proud to have built a firm with a model that treats clients with financial respect while providing insight and advice on patent prosecution based on premium national level experience. Show less

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  TechLaw Ventures, PLLC

  Nov 2017 - Jul 2021

  Member

  My patent prosecution practice focuses on small, medium, and large size companies to manage, expand, and harness the value of a patent portfolio. From the initial application drafting to getting the patent product to market, selling the patent, or licensing the patent, I work to help dreamers, inventors, and businesses protect their ideas and realize their goals.

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  Loyal Intellectual Property Law

  Jul 2021 - now

  Managing Partner

  Loyal IP Law is a standard of not only who we want to be but also how we want to provide services for our clients. We are engaged in strategic patent portfolio management, patent prosecution, patent application drafting, trademark applications and management, and copyrights. We want to work with our clients and patent offices worldwide to secure meaningful protection for our clients' IP. If protecting your IP is your goal, it's our goal too and we'll help you achieve it.