Warren Smith

Warren Smith is a U.S. Patent Agent with experience drafting and prosecuting patent applications across advanced technology areas, including semiconductors, defense systems, secure communications, manufacturing equipment, and electronic systems. He has prepared and prosecuted U.S. nonprovisional and provisional applications, PCT applications, national phase entries, and Office Action responses, and is known for delivering clear, technically rigorous work in complex subject matter.

Prior to becoming a registered patent agent, Warren founded and operated a multimillion-dollar Japanese-English patent translation company and worked on thousands of patent matters, giving him deep, practical insight into patent prosecution and claim strategy. He is fluent in Japanese and regularly works with international clients on U.S. patent matters, combining strong technical background, strategic perspective, and clear communication.

He is also the author of the forthcoming book The IP Dilemma: Intellectual Property in the Age of Disruption, to be published by Columbia University Press, which examines how 20th-century IP frameworks often fail in the 21st century competitive environment, offering prescriptions by rethinking how we approach IP.

• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
  Registered Patent Agent, Reg. No. 81,839

• Doctor of Business Administration, Technology and Operations Strategy
  – Harvard University Graduate School of Business
• Master of Business Administration (EMBA)
  – Brigham Young University, Marriott School of Business
• Bachelor of Science, Physics
  – Brigham Young University
• Fulbright Graduate Research Fellow, Japan
  – Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

• U.S. patent drafting and prosecution
• Claim strategy and application structuring
• Office Action responses and amendments
• Patentability and prior art analysis
• Freedom-to-operate assessments
• IP portfolio strategy and audits
• International patent matters (PCT and national phase)
• Japanese–U.S. patent and client communications

• Semiconductors and semiconductor manufacturing
• Defense and aerospace systems
• Secure and radio communications
• Sensor, geolocation, and guidance systems
• Electronic and electromechanical systems
• Manufacturing processes and equipment