Growing a patent and trademark portfolio

Brian served as Director of Intellectual Property at Pioneer Surgical for over a decade. Beginning with only a handful of patents and trademarks, he fostered growth of the portfolio to a peak of approximately 500 patent and trademark matters worldwide. Brian was accountable for annual department budgets as high as $1.5M based on the needs of 3 product divisions located in 3 states.

In 2006 and in 2008, Pioneer sought rounds of venture capital funding to help advance their development projects. Potential funding sources hired firms to audit Pioneer including IP firms to audit Pioneer’s intellectual property portfolio. This assured the Venture Capital investment was backed by high quality patent and trademark filings.

In the end, the firm audits confirmed that Pioneer was a sound investment including the IP portfolios Brian managed. This confidence resulted in Pioneer raising tens of millions of dollars in each round of funding.