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Aaron has been co-lead counsel for several post-grant proceedings, including one of the first cases instituted under the America Invents Act (AIA). Using his experience before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and in all aspects of pre-trial litigation, Aaron assists clients with making strategic decisions under these new proceedings.
Aaron counsels clients of all sizes on prosecution, post-grant considerations, portfolio management, and pre-litigation strategies. He has drafted and overseen the drafting of hundreds of patent applications for electrical, electronics, telecommunications, and software-based technologies. Patent portfolios he manages protect a range of technologies, including artificial intelligence and machine learning, hardware accelerators, semiconductor inspection technologies, virtual reality and augmented reality technologies, video coding technologies, distributed data storage systems, big data aggregation systems, quantum computing, and digital health technologies.
Aaron's patent experience includes working with technologies directed to network virtualization, web content optimization, mobile devices, wearables, robotics, digital rights management and data security, gambling devices, video games, virtual reality systems, medical devices, network infrastructure, business methods, Internet services, telecommunications, GPS systems, and semiconductors. He also provides opinions regarding infringement, validity, and product clearances.
Aaron served as a patent examiner at the USPTO, examining U.S. and international patent applications in gaming machine hardware and software, video game hardware and software, and electronic sports equipment. He worked as a systems engineer at Lockheed Martin, assisting with systems integration and software development, testing ground control software for GPS satellites, and testing and rolling out new services and software on the network. He serves as a contributor to Finnegan's At the PTAB Blog on Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) trials and AIA provisions.
Aaron devotes time to pro bono matters. He has represented several military veterans before the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims and the Federal Circuit.
IPR2014-00156, -00157, -00158, PTAB, Judges Hoskins, Kalan, Lee
Fenner Investments, Ltd. v. 3Com Corp.
6:08-cv-00061, E.D. Tex., Judges Davis, Love
CRS Advanced Technology, Inc. v. Frontline Technologies, Inc.
2:07-cv-02457, E.D. Pa., Judge Robreno
Ex Parte Reexamination No. 90/011,656, USPTO, Judge Sager
CBM2012-00005, PTAB, Judges Bisk, Giannetti, Medley
10-1035, -1055, -1326, Fed. Cir., Judges Linn, Moore, Rader
Helped a global technology company develop video coding SEP portfolio
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Intellectual Asset Management Patent 1000
“Aaron Capron builds portfolios from the ground up that create commercial opportunities for clients while limiting the maneuverability of their competitors. He can take seemingly unpatentable inventions and prosecute them to successful grant where others can’t…”
Intellectual Asset Management Patent 1000
"Capron has an eye for detail and works closely with colleagues in London to dispense sage advice to [an] e-commerce giant in order to obtain crucial patent protection for its recent innovations."
Intellectual Asset Management Patent 1000
“Aaron Capron builds portfolios from the ground up that create commercial opportunities for clients while limiting the maneuverability of their competitors. He can take seemingly unpatentable inventions and prosecute them to successful grant where others can’t…”
Intellectual Asset Management Patent 1000
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