Bradley P. Cardon

Mr. Cardon received a Juris Doctor degree, with honors, from the S.J. Quinney College of Law at University of Utah, an M.S. from Texas A&M University in Mechanical Engineering, and a B.S. from Brigham Young University in Mechanical Engineering.

Upon receipt of his undergraduate degree, Mr. Cardon accepted an AFRAPT (Air Force Research into Advanced Propulsion Technology) fellowship to conduct graduate studies at Texas A&M University’s turbomachinery laboratory, where he carried out original research into the feasibility of a gas-operated bearing damper for use in gas turbine engines.

Mr. Cardon then entered employment with Texaco, Inc. (now Chevron) as a rotating equipment engineer responsible for the bid package preparation, vendor selection, and equipment procurement oversight for large rotating equipment projects installed in the company’s refineries.  He later transferred to the upstream side of the corporation, where as a reliability engineer he focused on the vibration analysis and the failure investigation of machinery used in natural gas processing and tertiary oil recovery.

Mr. Cardon eventually left the oil and gas industry to work for Rockwell Automation, Inc. as a sales engineer designing vibration and protection monitoring systems for large industrial clients.  He advanced to become a technical and commercial sales manager for Rockwell Automation’s Entek product line before leaving his engineering practice to attend law school. 

While at the S.J. Quinney College of Law, Mr. Cardon served as President of the Student Intellectual Property Law Association (SIPLA) and Treasurer of the Student-based Minority Law Caucus (MLC).  He also represented the law school at the Giles S. Rich Moot Court Western Regional Competition in San Francisco, and completed a judicial clinic with the Hon. Bruce S. Jenkins at the United States District Court for the District of Utah.

Mr. Cardon’s legal practice encompasses the prosecution and enforcement of his clients’ patent and trademark rights, including patentability, infringement, validity and freedom-to-practice opinions, licensing negotiation and preparation, and due diligence research.  His patent practice has a primary emphasis in the mechanical and electromechanical arts, with areas of technical expertise including turbomachinery, oil and gas production, instrumentation, optical devices, energy systems, fluids systems, robotics and medical devices, as well as recreational equipment and consumer products.

Mr. Cardon is a member of the Utah State Bar and is registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States District Court for the District of Utah, and all Utah state courts.