Binh T. Nguyen

President and Founder

binh.nguyen@ipgarden.com

Summary

• Inventor of 214 U.S. patents
• Registered Patent Agent (63771)
• Mergers & acquisitions professional with intellectual property expertise and engineering experience
• 25 years at IBM, Xerox, and International Game Technology (IGT)
• Additional international patents and applications exist in Australia, Macau, China, United Kingdom, South Africa, Russia, and elsewhere

Specialties

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Intellectual Property
• Technology

Experience

• Executive Director, Corporate Strategy at IGT, Mergers and Acquisitions
  July 2006—July 2008
• Executive Director, Intellectual Property Management at IGT
  September 2004—July 2006
• Director, Hardware Engineering at IGT
  April 1996—August 2004
• Principal Engineer at Xerox, 1991—1994
• Senior Engineer at SemiGas, 1989—1991
• Design Engineer at IBM, 1982—1989

Education

• University of Nevada-Reno, MBA, Finance, 1999
• University of North Carolina at Charlotte, MS Engineering, Systems Control, 1989
• University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, BS, Mechanical Engineering, 1983

Other

• Speaker at Nevada's Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology (NCET) Expo (March 2009)
• Speaker at USPTO's Forum on Gaming Technologies

Dean Wolf

Senior IP Strategist and IP Counsel

dean.wolf@ipgarden.com

Summary

• Senior IP Strategist and IP Counsel at Intellectual Garden, LLC
• Dean Wolf specializes in Intellectual Property Strategy and Protection, as well as Product Management & Development.
• As a seasoned intellectual property attorney, he is skilled at leveraging his extensive knowledge of intellectual property to facilitate analysis, identification, development and protection of hardware/software product features which provide the greatest degree of competitive advantage to the company. A representative sample of Mr. Wolf's IGT patent applications can be found here.
• Mr. Wolf's skill set and experience includes:
  • developing, refining and executing platform strategies and roadmappings
  • defining product offerings, target markets and clients, go-to market strategies
  • developing and creating key feature documentation and white papers
  • development of strategic business alliances
  • providing professional and strategic legal and related advice/analyses to governing board
  • counseling and handling corporate, legal, and investor-related transactions
  • prosecution and management of company patent and trademark portfolios
  • technology licensing and partnering arrangements
  • freedom to operate investigations
  • merger and acquisitions activities

Specialties

• Gaming Technology (including Gaming Devices, Hardware, Software, Server-based Gaming, Online Gaming, Mobile Gaming, Social Gaming, Gaming Security and Authentication)
• Intellectual Property Strategy and Protection
• Competitive IP Analysis
• IP Portfolio Management & Prosecution
• Patent Portfolio Monetization

Experience

• Senior Platform Manager & Chief IP Counsel, 3G Studios Inc., 2010—Present
• Senior of Counsel, ECOTECH LAW GROUP, P.C., 2010—Present
• Director of Intellectual Property, SOLID FIRE, INC., 2012—2013
• General Counsel, IN THE TELLING, 2010—2012
• Director of Intellectual Property, 3TERA, INC., 2009—2010
• Chief Outside Intellectual Property Counsel, SIRI, INC., 2009—2010
• IGT Patent Portfolio Manager and Licensing Specialist (Outside Counsel), IGT INC., 2007—2009)
• Chief Outside Intellectual Property Counsel, KONTERA, 2005—2010
• Intellectual Property/Patent Attorney, Weaver Austin Villeneuve & Sampson, 2008—2009
• Patent Attorney, BEYER WEAVER LLP, 1998—2007
• Principal Engineer at Xerox, 1991—1994
• President and Founder, IP LAW CORPORATION, 2002—2005
• Patent Attorney, MAJESTIC, PARSONS, SIEBERT & HSUE, 1992—1996

Education

• University of San Francisco School of Law, JD, Law, 1990—1992
• University of California, Santa Barbara, BS, Electrical & Computer Engineering, 1983—1988

Other

• State Bar of California, DC Bar, U.S. Patent Bar, Licensing Executives Society, AIPLA
• Distinguished Recipient of InterPacific Fellowship, Dean's List of Scholastic Excellence

Darrell Rilett

Patent Agent

darrell.rilett@ipgarden.com

Summary

• Registered Patent Agent (59948)
• Sixteen years experience in intellectual property management and analysis in the gaming industry
• Ph.D. in physics, specializing in numerical simulation and data modeling
• Considerable experience with mechanical, electrical and electronic devices and instrumentation, including computer hardware and software

Experience

• Patent Agent, 2005 - 2009, International Game Technology, Reno, NV
  • Strategically managed company patent portfolios and other business information to implement offensive and defensive strategies in the management of IP assets.
  • Performed research for outside counsel relating to patentability, prosecutions and infringement analysis.
  • Developed tools for automating processes pertaining to management of intellectual property.
  • Reviewed competitor IP positions and made recommendations to Legal department and senior management.
  • Conducted long-term patent landscape studies to identify trends and relationships.
• Physics Instructor, 2004 - 2005, ITT Technical Institute, Reno, NV
• Research Assistant, 1995 - 2004, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
• Physicist, 1989 - 1995, U.S. Army Calibration Lab, White Sands Missile Range, NM
• Programmer, 1989, Trinity Computer Services, Foresthill, CA
• Research Assistant, 1987 - 1988, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO

Education & Memberships

• 2007: American Intellectual Property Law Association
• 2003: Ph.D., Physics, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
• 1986: M.S., Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
• 1983: B.S., Physics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
• 1982: American Physical Society