Introduction
Dipak is a patent agent in the Intellectual Property Group experienced in medical devices, software, business methods, mechanical, and electro-mechanical arts. He has extensive experience in intellectual property counseling including prosecuting patent applications as well as directly interacting with corporate counsel and innovators in obtaining, clarifying, and evaluating invention disclosures and drafting applications. In addition, Dipak is an accomplished applied research and development engineer and patentee with a strong and sustained record of innovations and technical achievements.
During his engineering career with a prominent international corporation, Dipak initiated the establishment of a Technology Center in Asia, actively participated in assessing the viability of a Technology Center in Europe and an International Center of Excellence for Cooling and Refrigeration, and spearheaded several product development projects for international business units. As such, he is acutely aware of and experienced in securing international intellectual property rights.
Education
Bar Admissions
- Patent Bar –
Practice Areas
Representative Experience
- Product conceptualization, development, enhancement, and field test validation
- Cooling systems for high performance gas turbines
- Energy systems engineering including energy audits, conservation measures, energy analysis, and infra-red thermography; active and passive solar; thermal storage including phase-change storage; geo-thermal, heat and mass transfer from below-grade structures
- Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) components, systems, processes, and controls
- Dynamic modeling, simulation, and emulation of components, complex systems and processes, and controls for the same
- Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
Patents Where Named Inventor
- 2010/0131884 Graphical User Interface System for a Thermal Comfort Controller
- 2008/0161978 Graphical User Interface System for a Thermal Comfort Controller (Abandoned)
- 7,360,717 Graphical User Interface System for a Thermal Comfort Controller
- 7,320,110 Multiple Language User Interface for Thermal Comfort Controller
- 7,306,165 Graphical User Interface System for a Thermal Comfort Controller
- Mold and Mildew Inhibiting Wicking Material,
- 6,623,550 Apparatus for Controlling Air Quality
- 6,621,507 Multiple Language User Interface for Thermal Comfort Controller
- 6,595,430 Graphical User Interface System for a Thermal Comfort Controller
- 6,557,771 Integrated Temperature And Humidity Controller With Priority For Humidity Temperature Control
- 6,478,233 Thermal Comfort Controller Having An Integral Energy Savings Estimator
- 6,428,608 Method and Apparatus for Controlling Air Quality
- 6,012,296 Auctioneering Temperature And Humidity Controller With Reheat
- 5,737,934 Thermal Comfort Controller
- 5,675,979 Enthalpy Based Thermal Comfort Controller
- 5,555,927 Thermostat System Having An Optimized Temperature Recovery Ramp Rate
- 5,346,129 Indoor Climate Controller System Adjusting Both Dry-Bulb Temperature And Wet-Bulb Or Dew-Point Temperature In The Enclosure
- 5,318,104 Error Based Zone Controller
- 5,192,020 Intelligent Setpoint Changeover For A Programmable Thermostat
- 5,024,265 Zone Control System Providing Synchronization Of System Operation With The Zone Of Greatest Demand
Professional Activities
- Energy Innovations Small Grant Program, Technical Proposal Reviewer
- Association of Energy Engineers, Senior Member
- American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), Member
Honors & Distinctions
- LEED Green Associate
- Certified Energy Manager
- Certified Energy Auditor
- Honeywell Star Inventor
Community Involvement
- 2009 News Fellow,
- Judge, Young Inventors Program by the Metropolitan Educational Cooperative Service Unit