Technical Advisor – Denver
Professional Profile
Mike Benoit is a registered patent agent with a technical background in biotechnology and aerospace engineering. Mike’s patent experience includes drafting and prosecuting patent applications, engaging in patentability, invalidity and infringement analysis, and assisting with Inter-Parties Review (IPR) proceedings, mainly in the fields of aircraft manufacturing, control systems, robotics, sensors, composite materials, and automotive lighting.
Mike previously worked as a product development engineer at MBio Diagnostics developing disposable fluidic devices for point-of-care diagnosis of infectious diseases. Prior to that, he worked at Codexis developing biocatalysts for generating biofuels and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. As a postdoc at Stanford University, he developed high-throughput microfluidics, MRI contrast-agents, and studied bacterial antibiotic resistance mechanisms.
Licenses
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Education
Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado
M.S. in Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado
B.S. in Microbiology, University of New Hampshire