Ed is a registered Patent Agent and works closely with clients in strengthening their intellectual property positions both through patent acquisitions and patent application development. He has aided clients enhance their patent holdings through analysis of patents identified using patent mining techniques coupled with technology assessment and market analysis. He has also developed strategic patent portfolios both by working closely with inventors to patent their original ideas, and also by developing new ideas aligned with the business objectives of the client.
Prior to joining TPL, Ed was a process development engineer in the semiconductor and photonics industries. He has over ten years of experience as a member of the technical staff at Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, Agere Systems, TriQuint Optoelectronics, and CyOptics working on process development for fabrication of silicon integrated circuits and indium phosphide optical components. In addition to his industry experience, Ed has taught undergraduate physics as an assistant professor and has been a consulting science advisor at Elman Technology Law.
Ed graduated cum laude from Bucknell University with a B.S. in Physics. He earned an M.S. and Ph.D. in Physics from Lehigh University where he developed novel techniques in laser spectroscopy to study collisional processes in atomic vapors.
Ed is an inventor on one issued patent, twenty pending patents, and has co-authored seven technical papers.