Jonathan H. Harder

Jon is an intellectual property attorney with nearly 15 years of experience who advises Fortune 500 companies and startups on domestic and international patent prosecution and portfolio development. His practice covers the full patent lifecycle, from identifying patentable innovations and preparing applications to handling USPTO office actions, appeals, examiner interviews, and continuing applications.

With degrees in Computer Science, Software Engineering, and Mathematics, and prior work experience as a software developer at Dell, Jon brings a technical background to patent matters involving artificial intelligence, cloud computing, autonomous vehicles, virtualization, video processing, memory devices, and other software and computer technologies.

• Developed and manages a patent portfolio containing hundreds of assets for a portable orthopedic and cardiac rehabilitation equipment developer, ROMTech, that uses AI to optimize treatment plans and control machines. ROMTech was recently listed for its patent portfolio in the LexisNexis’s Top 100 Innovator list along with companies like Apple, NVIDIA, Johnson & Johnson, Stryker, etc.
• Represents a streaming lyrics technology company, Musixmatch, in patent prosecution involving lyric synchronization and generative AI for animated and video content creation based on content lyrics and/or transcripts.
• Represents an electric vehicle battery management software company by drafting and securing patent applications involving AI-driven battery condition monitoring, remaining useful life predictions, and preventive technologies.
• Represents the University of Texas at San Antonio by preparing and prosecuting patent applications related to AI governance and attestation, artifact detection, and more.
• Represents an LLM-based AI platform for legal drafting of litigation matters by obtaining issued patents and filing continuing applications.
• Developed a patent portfolio for a restaurant business involving AI and autonomous vehicle technologies for ordering, food preparation, management, and delivery.
• Represents an oil and gas technology company in patent prosecution involving measurement-while-drilling tools, AI-based software, control systems, and mechanical technologies.
• Represents a company that develops an AI operating system that connects and integrates numerous agents and disparate systems to provide services to financial institutions.

• Presenter, “Dickinson Wright & Gevers Academy,” April 2022