As a patent prosecutor, litigator, and former U.S. Patent and Trademark Office examiner, Justin Philpott has unique insight to recognize and obtain strong patents for clients. Specializing in intellectual property law for more than two decades, he has critically examined hundreds of applications at the USPTO and carefully drafted, prosecuted, and litigated hundreds more patents as a registered U.S. patent attorney. Justin’s experience in the auto industry originated with examining and prosecuting patent applications in wireless communications such as LTE, 5G, WiFi, video coding, and vehicle-to-anything (V2X) communications. Within the past year, Justin has presented on patent pools and SEPs in the auto industry, he has co-authored an overview of SEPs for Thomson Reuters’ Practical Law Journal, and he has been a featured speaker at Electrify Expo. With a global perspective, in the auto industry and beyond, Justin protects the strategic IP for clients of all sizes, from startups to Fortune 500.