Brian Monahon is a patent attorney with nearly 10 years of patent prosecution experience. He brings unique understanding and insight into the patent prosecution process having spent 6 years as a patent examiner. He has experience managing IP portfolios, drafting U.S. and international patent applications for mechanical and software innovations, and guiding inventors through securing intellectual property protection. He has collaborated with inventors to identify core inventive concepts, coordinated with foreign associates on global filing strategies, analyzed U.S. and foreign office actions, and developed responses to overcome rejections. Brian also evaluates claim scope and prosecution history to advise on continuation and divisional strategies, and conducts patentability, freedom-to-operate, prior art, and IPR-related analyses.
