Nicholas is a registered patent agent with experience advising clients on obtaining domestic and international patent protection. Utilizing his technical background, Nicholas tailors his counsel according to the specific needs and business objectives of every client.

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Nicholas’s practice includes the prosecution of utility and design patents as well as strategic patent portfolio development and management. He has experience advising a variety of clients, including multinational corporations, international research institutes, startups, and independent inventors. He also provides clients with the counsel they need on a variety of matters, including freedom-to-operate and patentability.

He has experience prosecuting patents in a broad array of technological fields, including financial systems, computer software, consumer goods and household appliances, material science, pulp and paper, chemistry and chemical processes, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, and small molecules.

Prior to joining the firm, Nicholas worked as a research engineer studying polymer-based membranes at the Georgia Institute of Technology in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. Nicholas also has experience working as a patent agent at a multinational specialty chemical company where he gained invaluable experience working with advanced polymer materials and composites. He has a bachelor’s degree in chemical and biomolecular engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

  • Managing a global patent portfolio of specialty polymers and high-performance composites.
  • Assisting a top technology university in the procurement of patents in a variety of countries across a variety of technology areas including chemistry and chemical processing, material science, computer encryption, and biomedical devices.
  • Advising a global, diversified manufacturing and technology company on strategic patent portfolio management.
  • Assisting a multinational financial services provider in growing its domestic and international patent portfolio.
  • Assisting a multinational oil and gas corporation in obtaining domestic and international patent protection for its intellectual property assets.
  • Successfully prosecuted and obtained patents for software-related inventions under the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International.

Nicholas’s practice includes the prosecution of utility and design patents as well as strategic patent portfolio development and management. He has experience advising a variety of clients, including multinational corporations, international research institutes, startups, and independent inventors. He also provides clients with the counsel they need on a variety of matters, including freedom-to-operate and patentability.

He has experience prosecuting patents in a broad array of technological fields, including financial systems, computer software, consumer goods and household appliances, material science, pulp and paper, chemistry and chemical processes, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, and small molecules.

Prior to joining the firm, Nicholas worked as a research engineer studying polymer-based membranes at the Georgia Institute of Technology in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. Nicholas also has experience working as a patent agent at a multinational specialty chemical company where he gained invaluable experience working with advanced polymer materials and composites. He has a bachelor’s degree in chemical and biomolecular engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

  • Managing a global patent portfolio of specialty polymers and high-performance composites.
  • Assisting a top technology university in the procurement of patents in a variety of countries across a variety of technology areas including chemistry and chemical processing, material science, computer encryption, and biomedical devices.
  • Advising a global, diversified manufacturing and technology company on strategic patent portfolio management.
  • Assisting a multinational financial services provider in growing its domestic and international patent portfolio.
  • Assisting a multinational oil and gas corporation in obtaining domestic and international patent protection for its intellectual property assets.
  • Successfully prosecuted and obtained patents for software-related inventions under the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International.

Top areas of focus

  • Atlanta Youth Wind Symphony: Alumnus and Special Projects Manager (2012–2018)
  • Georgia Tech Sailing Club: Sailing Instructor (2017–2019)
  • Patent agent, Solvay Specialty Polymers, 2023-2024
  • Research engineer, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2017-2018

Education

  • Georgia Institute of Technology, B.S., 2018, chemical and biomolecular engineering

Bar Admissions

  • U.S. Patent and Trademark Office