Sales Management
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LAWRENCE W. NELSON
SAMMAMISH, WA
SUMMARY
Managed large and diverse patent portfolios including software, commercial
electronics, wireless technologies, aerospace, and e-commerce patents.
Extracted inventions, drafted patents, and managed prosecution.
Responsible for performing assessment of patent pre-litigation assertions.
Client counseling on patent, copyright and trade secret matters, and group training to
engineers and developers.
Provided strategic guidance on acquisitions, patent purchases, and new fields of
business.
Drafted and negotiated agreements including, NDAs, vendor agreement, sales
agreement, and patent and technology licensing agreements.
EXPERIENCE
Owner, PATENT LAW CONSULTING SERVICES
Sammamish, WA, July 2009 – Present
Drafting and prosecuting patent applications.
Supporting startup companies including drafting employee inventor a greements, reviewing
operating agreements, conducting landscapes, and working with companies to develop an IP
strategy.
Onsite support to assist startups in setting up proper patent extraction and evaluation processes.
Senior Attorney, MICROSOFT,
Redmond, WA, May 2004 - July 2009
Patent counseling attorney for Microsoft Xbox, Microsoft Game Studios, Surface, Automotive
software “Ford Sync, “Windows Embedded, and PC hardware. Formerly responsible for
Windows Mobile Group, Windows Media Center and Windows Tablet.
Responsible for performing assessment of patent pre-litigation assertions against client group,
as well as drafting and negotiating patent licenses.
Remotely managed workload and training for India based team used to draft claim charts on
products of competitor or IP threat. India team also used for conducting invalidity analysis and
prior art searches.
Management of extensive patent portfolio, including invention extraction and evaluation,
prosecution, directed prosecution and interferences.
Responsible for providing strategic guidance to senior management on acquisition targets,
patent purchases, and entrance into new business areas.
Counsel, THE BOEING COMPANY,
Seattle, WA, November 1995 – May 2004
Legal support for the patent and technology licensing arm of the Intellectual Property Business
group. Role included identifying and then evaluating the quality of patents for assertion
against US and international corporations. Role also included drafting and negotiating patent,
technology, and software license agreements in support of patent assertion program and
technology licensing program.
Co-managed litigation against US government for unlicensed use of Boeing patented process
in the manufacture of the space shuttle fuel tank.
Responsible for drafting and prosecuting patent applications in electrical, mechanical, optical
and software arts. Provided legal support for procurement, sales, and services contracts.
Managed half of the patents generated from Boeing’s commercial aircraft group.
Associate, SEED & BERRY,
Seattle, WA, June 1994 – November 1995
Responsibilities included drafting and prosecution of patent applications, writing non-
infringement and invalidity opinion letters.
Associate, FITZPATRICK, CELLA, HARPER & SCINTO
Washington, DC, September 1991 – June 1994.
Responsibilities included drafting and prosecution of patent applications, writing opinion
letters, providing support for various litigation projects. Specialized in ink jet printer and
electro-optic technologies.
Nuclear Control Systems Engineering, PORTSMOUTH NAVAL SHIPYARD,
PORTSMOUTH, NH, July 1985 - July 1988.
Specialized in nuclear reactor steam generator water level control systems. Responsibilities
included improving the design of existing nuclear control systems. Designed communication
and alarm systems used in the refueling of nuclear reactor s.
EDUCATION FRANKLIN PIERCE LAW CENTER, Concord, NH
Juris Doctor, May 1991
WESTERN NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE, Springfield, MA
M.S. in Engineering Management, June 1988
UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND, Kingston, RI
B.S. in Electrical Engineering, May 1985
PAPERS "Law and Practice of Employee Inventions in the United States of America," The Symposium
on Employee Inventions organized by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO),
Bucharest, Rumania Oct. 6 & 7, 1992.
ACTIVITIES Member of IEEE, AIPLA, LES, ABA
BAR MEMBERSHIP District of Columbia, Connecticut, New York, Washington, and registered to practice
before USPTO
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