Craig Bohn

Director, Legal Department, Intellectual Property, Applied Materials, Inc.

Since law school I have prepared patent applications, and negotiated for patent rights with international patent offices as an Assistant General Counsel of a large international corporation, as an associate in a large international law firm, and as the Chief IP Counsel for another international corporation in the semiconductor industry. Member of the US Patent Bar and State Bars of Texas and Montana; Previously served 6 years as a US Army Infantry Officer and 8 years in Fortune 200 corporate sales and marketing prior to law school. Specialties: Intellectual Property Law (patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret); Structural, Mechanical, Physical, and Electrical Engineering; Applied Computer Science (hardware, software and integration); Organic, Polymer and Petroleum Chemistry; Contract negotiations; Group Dynamics, Facilitation and Mediation; Knowledge Liaison between Technicians and Laypersons