Donald Gibson
Donald Gibson is Patent Agent registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) with over 20 years of experience in intellectual property and advanced technologies. He specializes in patent drafting and prosecution, prior art/invalidity/infringement search and analysis, expert witness and technical advisory.
Mr. Gibson’s accomplishments include insightful technical and legal intelligence to prepare, prosecute, search and analyze hundreds of USPTO and foreign patent applications. In patent prosecution, he has successfully architected arguments to overcome USPTO 35 U.S.C 101/102/103/112 rejections. Exceptional USPTO prosecution allowance rates were achieved through relationships with USPTO Examiners and working closely with inventors and client management/patent counseling. Additionally, Mr. Gibson has obtained significant judicial results via expert witness/litigation support and analysis including claim chart preparation. His experience also includes collaboration and preparation of portfolio analysis for hundreds of semiconductor patents to support successful licensing programs.
Mr. Gibson’s skills include:
- Solid ability to draft strong defensible patent applications, reports, and claims.
• Skilled presenter and communicator with a dynamic ability to clearly communicate with inventors, examiners, attorneys, and clients.
• Extensive expertise in technical and legal aspects of patent applications.
• Perceptive troubleshooter continually focused on identifying, isolating, and resolving complex technical issues and achieving critical business objectives.
• Proficient working with start-ups and large high-tech companies.
• Knowledge of USPTO & PCT procedures and USPTO MPEP (patent law)
• Expertise utilizing patent tools for patent searching, proofreading and analysis (USPTO Database, Patent Scope (WIPO), Espacenet, China PTO, Google Patents, Claim Master, LexisNexis, ToolPat, & more) - Technical proficiency in electronics, telecommunications, wireless communications, physics, networking, optics, lasers, sensors, micro-controllers, semiconductors, circuits, computer science & computer engineering, audio/video/imaging, health systems/medical devices, mobile phones, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 4G/5G mobile technologies, ICs, oscillators, autonomous vehicles, location/GPS technologies, artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain, IoT, machine learning (ML), virtual reality(VR), augmented reality (AR), edge computing, mechanical, computer software, computer hardware, business methods, Internet, hydro control systems.
Mt. Gibson graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree, Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara (Semiconductor Design), Masters of Engineering from the University of California, Irvine (Fiber Optic systems), and a Master of Business Administration, Pepperdine University (Product Planning in the LSI Industry).