Dave Schaumann is an of-counsel attorney at Setter Roche Smith & Shellenberger LLP.  Dave’s practice includes patent drafting and prosecution and Freedom-to-Operate analysis in a number of technology areas. He also leads technical investigations and counsels start-up clients and other entities with respect to corporate matters including tech transfer, employment and compensation issues, corporate formation, and compliance. 

 

Dave has worked with clients in a variety of high-tech fields including:

• Medical technologies including pulse and regional oximetry, respiration, blood pressure, capnography, breath and brain monitoring, temperature management, and optical health

• Optical sensing technologies

• Signal processing

• Software

• Circuit design

• Nanotechnology

• Telecommunication technologies including network architectures and communications

• Semiconductors and Electronics

• Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence

• Computer systems and application software

• Nuclear power

 

Dave joined the firm in 2017 after nearly a decade serving as in-house patent counsel at a major international medical device company.  During his time there, he managed the intellectual property concerns for several medical technology areas  These concerns included idea generation, patent drafting and prosecution, acquisition/purchase (of both patent portfolios and companies), enforcement, strategy, product clearance, risk management, budget management, and communication with management teams. 

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Prior to Dave’s time in-house, he worked with two major law firms in the Washington D.C. area, focused primarily on patent litigation, including participating in trial teams for several multi-million dollar patent trials.  

 

Areas of Practice:

• U.S. and International Patent Preparation and Prosecution

• Patent Analysis and Opinions

• Trademarks

• Licensing

• Litigation

 

Bar Admissions:

• Utah

• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

 

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