Nicolaas T. Bressers

Nick brings strong experience and training as a mechanical engineer to his work in patent preparation and prosecution. A creative thinker who is known for his meticulous attention to detail, he helps clients develop proactive as well as defensive patent strategies.

Nick’s focus includes:

• Patent preparation
• Patent portfolio management
• Patent clearance and patentability searches and analysis
• Invalidity opinions

Nick joined Michael Best as a Patent Engineer in 2008. Prior to joining the firm, he worked for a Fortune 500 motor production company, where he was involved in the design, testing, and performance analysis of high-performance transmissions. During his time in the automotive industry, Nick gained valuable welding, machining, and fabrication skills that have proven useful in his patent work.

Solutions in action

Notable representations include:

• Orchestrating and updating a large family of interrelated patents to correspond with the updated umbrella design for a food preparation company
• Obtaining patent protection for core technology for an automotive client
• Dissecting a large, umbrella design into an entire patent portfolio strategy for a biomechanical company. Nick acted as point in organizing the preparation of each sub-part by separate lawyers.
• Working with a food preparation client to help develop the concept in a way that emphasized potentially patentable subject matter, while also helping to create new features for the design. This concept work set the stage for a corresponding patent application.