DocX Filing at the USPTO (RECORDING)

Brad Forrest is the Chairman and General Counsel for Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner. He enjoys connecting with inventors and discussing complex technologies and sharing in inventors’ passion for their inventions. Brad also drafts and prosecutes patent applications in diverse technologies, including cloud-based computing, AI and machine learning, nanotechnology, apps, applications, operating systems, disk drives, memories, optical networks, optical ring resonators, WiFi, semiconductor, CVD Diamond, and many other technologies. Prior to becoming a patent attorney, Brad worked part-time for Honeywell International, Inc. creating computer simulations while obtaining EE and Law Degrees from the University of Minnesota. From 1984-1993, Brad worked at IBM in Rochester, Minnesota, as Counsel and Manager of the Intellectual Property Law Department, identifying several key inventions and wrote many important patents, including the RAID V patent, magneto-optic recording patents, operating system patents, distributed computing patents, networking patents, and basic patents covering server driven work processing, known as IPC. From 1994-1995, Brad was a Division Counsel and the Copyright and Trademark Counsel for IBM in New York.

Kasie Grover has been a paralegal at Schwegman since 2015, assisting with PCT and USPTO filings. During her time at Schwegman, Kasie’s work has predominantly included working with clients outside of the United States to obtain U.S. patents. She also serves on University client teams, and teams relating to pharmaceutical drugs, mechanical engineering and software. Prior to starting as a paralegal at Schwegman, Kasie was a case manager for two years, where she served on many of the same client teams.

Richard Seidel is the Deputy Commissioner for Patents at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. During the past 25 years, Mr. Seidel has held a variety of management and leadership positions at the USPTO.  Currently, as Deputy Commissioner for Patents, he provides executive oversight over patent-examining functions in Technology Centers 1700 and 2800. These technologies include chemical and material engineering, semiconductors, memory, optical systems and components, photocopying, electrical circuits and system, printing, and measuring and testing.  Additionally, Mr. Seidel serves as the focal point for the newly created organizations of Information Technology for Patents (OITP) and Application Processing for Patents (OAPP). Mr. Seidel received his undergraduate degree in metallurgy from the Pennsylvania State University, and a Certificate in Advanced Public Management from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University.