Higbee, Zachary A.

Zachary A. Higbee

Partner,
Zack is a patent attorney known for building exceptional patent portfolios and helping clients navigate competitor IP. With particular experience with fintech/insurtech, electromechanical systems, and biomedical devices, Zack partners with clients to offer tailored solutions and valuable guidance to protect client IP and drive growth with a focus on long-term value and freedom to operate.

Patent Prosecution, Counseling, and Review

  • Prosecuted client patent portfolios in the United States and in over 14 international jurisdictions resulting in clients receiving settlements worth nine figures.
  • Represented a Fortune 500 financial services company strategically building its IP portfolio following an expansion into IoT, automotive, and mobile device software, including artificial intelligence-based solutions, via strategic IP harvesting, blue sky ideation, preparation and prosecution, transactional acquisitions of innovative technology companies.
  • Counsel to an OMXS30 appliance manufacturer conducting patentability, freedom to operate searching, and opinion analysis.
  • Represented a cancer electroporation and immunotherapy company during its early growth phase by identifying, harvesting, and protecting inventions in key business areas via design and utility patent applications to assist with ongoing fundraising and transactional efforts.
  • Guided several clients through the preparation and prosecution of reissue applications to broaden their patent protection in view of changing business considerations.
  • Counsel to a Fortune 100 global conglomerate regarding U.S. and international protection and enforcement strategies for industry-leading lines of fall protection equipment, sensors, robotic automation systems, and bar code scanning products.
  • Represented a large eCommerce company in preparation and prosecution of patent applications related to graphical user interfaces and underlying software technology.
  • Conducted strategic landscape searching, portfolio monitoring, and patent preparation and prosecution for the technology division of a national sports league.
  • Represented a global product packaging company in preparation and prosecution of patent applications for computer vision solutions.
  • Prepared and prosecuted patent applications related to acoustics, acoustic transducers, and associated signal processing on behalf of a large manufacturer of marine electronic products.

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