John Branch

Personal Introduction

John is a registered patent attorney specializing in software, electronics and computer-related technologies. He provides a wide range of services in various areas of intellectual property, including licensing, trademarks, patent reexaminations, non-infringement and invalidity opinions, patent preparation and prosecution, portfolio management, and open source compliance. John also provides due diligence services for acquisitions, mergers and IPOs. For ten years, John served as a Lecturer for the Center for Advanced Study and Research of Intellectual Property (CASRIP) at the University of Washington Law School. As a lecturer, John taught a seminar for international lawyers and patent examiners on patent claim drafting for electronics, software, and mechanical inventions. Prior to and during law school, John worked as a software engineer in Washington and Oregon. He has experience in the areas of computer architecture, operating systems, managing storage systems, network security, generative artificial intelligence, large language models, networking technologies, embedded systems, process control, analog and digital circuits, antenna designs, 5G communication devices and networks, user interface designs and medical devices. John is a named inventor on U.S. Patent Nos. 7,461, 974 and 8,021,042.