Scott prepares and prosecutes patent applications through the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), and advises on portfolio development and management. He also negotiates licensing agreements, conducts freedom to operate analyses and provides due diligence support for mergers and acquisitions.
With prior engineering experience at a medical devices and patient-handling equipment manufacturing company, Scott understands the multidimensional business, staffing and budgeting aspects of developing patentable innovations. He leverages his dual perspective to advise inventors, executives and in-house counsel on strategies to foster novel and highly specific differentiators of their innovations to maximize the value of their patent portfolios.
Scott is a member of the firm’s management committee.
Professional and Community Involvement
Former board of trustees chairman (2014-2017) and member (2007-2017), Decatur County Memorial Hospital
Member, American Intellectual Property Association
Member, Indianapolis Bar Association
Member, S. Jay Plager Intellectual Property American Inn of Court
Member, Indiana State Bar Association
Board member, Oldenburg Academy of the Immaculate Conception
Honors
Indiana Super Lawyers Rising Star, 2014
The Best Lawyers in America, 2021-2025
