Nolan R. Hubbard is a USPTO-registered patent lawyer with a background in electrical engineering. He concentrates his practice on intellectual property law focusing on patent procurement, portfolio management, counseling, litigation, opinion work and due diligence across many industries, including technology, manufacturing, and consumer goods and services.
Nolan handles domestic and foreign patent prosecution matters, drafting and prosecuting patent and design applications through to issuance. Nolan's experience includes appeals and post-grant proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, including inter partes review, strategic reissue and reexamination proceedings. He advises clients on all aspects of prosecution and portfolio management, including strategic counseling for global intellectual property portfolios with utility patents, trademarks, and design patents.
Nolan manages patent procurement for a diverse set of clients spanning the globe, creating comprehensive portfolio solutions focused on utility and design patents that strengthen clients’ competitive advantages. Nolan builds strong client focused teams and leverages patent examiner analytics and interviews to efficiently maximize protection of client inventions. Representative technologies include consumer electronics, sensors, medical devices, batteries, automotive electronics and accessories, enteral feeding systems, display technologies, touch detection, image sensing, microscopy, power systems, wireless communication, satellite systems, virtualization, gaming technology, AR/VR, blockchain, artificial intelligence, robotics, printers, information and communication technology, fintech, and logistics.
Nolan serves as a trusted advisor on patent enforcement and defense in the Unite States and in coordination with foreign counsel, including pre-litigation investigations, monitoring, diligence, opinions, negotiations, and litigations in district courts and the US International Trade Commission. The patented technologies involve consumer goods, medical devices, supplies and services, image processing, display technology, automotive and consumer electronics, fintech, online services, security systems, satellite systems, emergency communication systems, wind turbines, wire harness technology, power systems, microprocessors, and dialysis systems.
