Johnson, Benjamin

Ben has worked to develop and protect intellectual property portfolios for clients in many industries, including automotive/hybrid drive systems, irrigation systems, industrial appliances, manufacturing systems, aerospace systems, and medical devices. Additionally, Ben has extensive experience preparing and prosecuting design patents.

Benjamin has drafted a range of patent opinions, including invalidity, noninfringement and infringement opinions in the fields of aerospace systems, medical devices, power generation systems, and industrial appliances. His background includes experience performing due diligence analyses of medical device, power generation systems, and telecommunications patent portfolios. Benjamin also has participated in post-grant proceedings, such as ex parte reexamination, reissue applications and supplemental examination proceedings, as well as assisted with patent litigation.

A graduate of Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, Benjamin received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Mercer University and an M.S. in Aerospace Engineering from The Ohio State University. He conducted graduate research at Ohio State on the physical phenomena governing rotating stall in a high-speed axial compressor using computational fluid dynamics (CFD). Benjamin served as a former judicial extern for Judge Jeffrey Cole of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.