Filing count, rather than granted patents or inventor credits.
Dean H. Stanton · Selected Work
Patent, Trademark & Intellectual-Property Portfolio Governance
Executive intellectual-property governance integrated with product development and commercialization, including patent-filing coordination, trademark management, licensing, attorney coordination, infringement support, and patent-marking controls.
Results
Results and contributions.
01
Situation
Operating context
PPI needed to convert product innovation, brand identity, partnerships, and proprietary designs into controlled intellectual-property assets while coordinating ownership, protection, licensing, commercialization rights, and infringement risk.
02
Challenge
What made the work difficult
Product development and commercialization depended on coordinating patent filings, trademarks, licensing rights, product marking, and infringement response across company teams, inventors, and outside counsel.
03
Dean's role
Responsibility and authority
Dean managed patent-application coordination, trademarks, licensing, infringement support, and product marking as part of his engineering and executive responsibilities. He coordinated company priorities and supporting evidence with outside counsel, who handled legal representation and filings.
04
Actions
How the work moved forward
- Integrated patent and trademark management with product-development and commercialization workflows.
- Coordinated patent-application and prosecution support, trademarks, licensing, and attorney interaction.
- Directed patent-number and patent-pending marking across product literature and packaging.
- Coordinated company evidence and operating decisions for infringement and brand-defense matters.