Phil Dowd
Creative Intellectual Property Professional
- Role
- Director of Innovation at Lawrence Semiconductor
- Location
- Phoenix, AZ, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Phil Dowd
Dedicated and creative intellectual property professional, with a deep technical understanding of the physical sciences and its applications. Trusted advisor to broad range of constituents. Effective translator between Technology / Business / Legal, with quick grasp of complex topics and remarkable attention to detail. Strategic promoter of IP to support technology roadmaps and business objectives. Strong background in Semiconductor technology with ten U.S. patents issued or pending. Considerable experience across all strategic IP development processes; portfolio management and licensing; patent drafting and prosecution; and legal counsel management. CORE COMPETENCIES • IP Strategy • IP Due Diligence • IP Landscape Analysis• IP Portfolio Management• Patent Applications & Prosecution• Technology / Business Translation• Technology / Business Evaluation• Startup Companies• Research Management• Technology Transfer & Licensing• Contract negotiation• Physical Sciences• Mentoring
Experience
Director of Innovation
May 2025 — Present · Tempe, AZ, US
Education
University of Bath
Bachelor of Science, Physics
1989 — 1993
University of Bath
PhD, Physics - Semiconductor lasers
1993 — 1997
Skills
- Intellectual Property Diligence
- Diligent
- Patentability
- Biotechnology
- Technology Transfer
- Patent Prosecution
- Physics
- Optoelectronics
- Molecular Biology
- Patents
- Nanotechnology
- Lifesciences
- Biochemistry
- Nanomaterials
- Materials Science
- Licensing
- Thin Films
- R&D
- Intellectual Property
- Characterization
- Semiconductors
- Spectroscopy
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