David Wilding

Mr. Wilding holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and an M.B.A. from Brigham Young University, and a J.D. with high honors from S.J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah.  During law school, he was the Client Counseling Competition champion, the recipient of the CALI Excellence for the Future award in both Legal Research and Business Planning, a William H. Leary Scholar recognizing those in the top 20% of their class, and he placed 5th of 24 competing teams in the ABA Regional Negotiations Competition. Mr. Wilding 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.

Prior to attending law school, Mr. Wilding worked in the semiconductor and aerospace industries. He spent several years working for Micron Technology, Inc. as an engineer on the manufacture and testing of semiconductor memory devices. In this capacity, he participated in the development of various DRAM and SRAM products. As an engineer, he worked for TRW (now Northrop Grumman) on DOD’s ICBMs. He maintained battery, power, and code systems for the Minuteman and Peacekeeper nuclear missiles. Mr. Wilding also has experience with the construction of commercial and industrial electrical and power systems, including oil refineries, power plants, and mining facilities. As an entrepreneur, he has owned and managed his own businesses.

Mr. Wilding’s legal practice focuses on the preparation and procurement of United States and foreign patents with primary emphasis primary emphasis in the electrical, computer, software and business arts.  He has experience in semiconductor processing, integrated circuit design, wireless and optical devices, printers, networking, software, business methods, and related technologies.

Mr. Wilding is registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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