Biography
Andrew (Drew) W. Bateman builds, prosecutes, and protects the patent portfolios of clients ranging from Fortune 100 companies to start-ups, and advises clients on numerous other patent-related matters including high-level strategic counseling. Drew’s patent prosecution practice is seasoned by his patent litigation experience and supported by a full decade of research and development work as an electrical engineer. This skill set and technical fluency allows him to comprehensively and efficiently protect his clients' intellectual property rights, across all levels of technical complexity.
Representative Experience
- Managed large patent portfolios on behalf Fortune 100 companies
- Prepared and prosecuted patent applications directed to wide range of technologies
- Advised diverse set of clients with respect to patent infringement and patent validity, including numerous freedom-to-operate opinions
Drew has capably represented clients in many different areas, including:
- Wireless communications
- Machine learning (e.g., deep neural networks, regression models)
- Drug development software tools
- Pharmaceutical process control systems
- Visual inspection systems
- Nanotechnology
- Cloud computing
- Medical devices
- Industrial process control systems
- Online advertising platforms
- Mapping/navigation tools
- High-speed network switches
- E-commerce
- Insurance industry innovations
- Financial industry innovations
- Cryptocurrencies and non-fungible tokens (NFT)
Background and Credentials
Drew earned his J.D. with high honors at Chicago-Kent College of Law. During law school he served as an executive articles editor of the Chicago-Kent Law Review, and served as a judicial extern to the Honorable Amy J. St. Eve in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. He earned a B.S. in electrical engineering, with honors, at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, and an M.S. in electrical engineering at National Technological University.
Prior to becoming an attorney, Drew worked for 10 years at Motorola as an electrical engineer, where he researched, designed, and tested radio frequency hardware systems for a wide variety of wireless communication platforms.
Education
- Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology (J.D.)
- National Technological University (M.S.)
- Electrical Engineering
- University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (B.S.)
- Electrical Engineering