Herbert (Bud) Bedingfield

Experienced Intellectual Property attorney with an in-depth understanding of client needs and goals. Skilled in working closely with clients on-site and remotely for all efforts, including, but not limited to, participating in client leadership committees and review boards, generating IP maintenance strategies, generating client IP policy materials and providing training, participating in IP brainstorming and invention mining sessions, advancing IP prosecution effectively, resolving third-party IP conflicts, and interacting with company personnel to generate IP and to fulfill client goals. Extensive experience in a full range of fields, including, among others, medical devices, construction materials, aviation, film and broadcast technology, battery technology, smart devices, computer science and software, telecommunications, automotive technology, and textiles.

• Member of the United States Patent Bar, United States Patent & Trademark Office, 1999
• Member of the Connecticut Bar, State Bar of Connecticut, 1999
• Member of U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut, United States District Court, 2014
• Member of the Georgia Bar, State Bar of Georgia, 2022

• A Marriage Made in Heaven - Practical Recommendations for Achieving and Maintaining a Positive Relationship Between In House and Outside Counsel, presented with Georgann Grunebach, Vice President, FOX Group Legal to the State Bar of California MCLE, February, 2010 and at the AIPLA Annual Meeting, October 2009
• Provisional Patent Applications: Strategies for Filing and Possible Pitfalls, March, 2006, American Chemical Society, Atlanta, GA
• An Overview of Patent Practice and Strategy, April, 2005, Massachussetts General Hospital, Dermatology Department

• Eagle Scout, 1990
• PADI Scuba Rescue Diver Certification, 2008
• Connecticut IP Inn of Court, Charter Member, 2015
• Cub Scout Den Leader, Troop 145, West Hartford, CT, 2019-2022