Nick has substantial experience with patent prosecution and preparation, as well as assisting clients with strategic and tactical development of their patent portfolios.  Nick has considerable knowledge of software and firmware technologies, internet protocols and technologies, and network storage solutions.

Nick also has extensive experience in preparing and prosecuting patents under the patent office’s accelerated examination program.

Previous Experience

Before joining the firm, Nick was the director of intellectual property at Zetera Corporation.  Prior to this, Nick held the position of director of software engineering with Lantronix Corporation. Nick also was previously employed by U.S. Software Corp. as a software engineer and engineering manager.

During his graduate studies, Nick worked for Kansas State University as a physics research associate.

Education

• The Ohio State University, Ph.D., High Energy Physics

• The Ohio State University, M.S., High Energy Physics

• The Ohio State University, B.S., Engineering Physics, Minor in computer science and a heavy focus on math

Admitted To Practice

• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Also Noteworthy

Nick has contributed as a sole and joint inventor on over ten patent applications from network storage solutions to gaming systems.  Nick is also listed as a contributor on over 40 research papers and presentations involving high energy physics.

Recent Articles and Presentations

• September, 2000 - “Introduction to the µITRON 4.0 Specification”; ITRON International Meeting; San Jose, CA.

• January, 2000 - “An Embedded Distributed Operating Environment”; TechOnline.com; (http://www.techonline.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=192200732)

• 1998 - Nick Witchey: An Easy-to-Do Embedded Web Server. IEEE Internet Computing 2(3): 100

• November, 1998 - "MT!-ITRON 3.0 and an Embedded Desktop Interface"; ITRON INTERNATIONAL MEETING '98; San Jose, CA

Interests

In his spare time, Nick enjoys movies, science fiction, board games, video games, and being the father of two daughters.

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