Ernie Ellenberger

Ernie Ellenberger is a seasoned patent agent dedicated to providing top-tier intellectual property advice and patent strategies. A professional software engineer and architect with more than 15 years in patent prosecution, Ernie helps clients obtain maximum protection for their inventions by tailoring solutions that align with each client's specific goals. He has drafted software and hardware patent applications for a range of clients, including Amazon, Oracle, Netflix, Nvidia, Facebook/Oculus, Square, Lyft, Apple, and other players in the technology space.

Ernie's patent expertise spans traditional and emerging tech, including cloud computing, neural networks and other artificial intelligence technology, autonomous vehicle perception systems and other self-driving applications, VR/AR and virtual environments, video streaming, computer-aided design, security and encryption, user interfaces, search engines and machine learning algorithms, payment processing systems, mobile and wireless, electronics and mechanical devices, and other technology used in almost every industry. He works seamlessly with in-house counsel to determine appropriate scope and language for patent claims and meets regularly with inventors and examiners. In addition to the USPTO, Ernie has worked with foreign associates to prosecute patents in the European Patent Office as well as in Australia, Canada, China, Japan, India, South Korea, and Mexico.

Before focusing on patents, Ernie was a software engineer in Silicon Valley, where he worked on enterprise-class messaging middleware and databases, and a computer architect specializing in code and encryption security for an e-commerce site.