Practice Expertise

  • Intellectual Property Strategic Counseling
  • Patent Prosecution
  • Technology Transfer
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Areas of Practice

  • Intellectual Property Strategic Counseling
  • Patent Prosecution
  • Technology Transfer
  • Intellectual Property
  • Patent
  • Patent - Manufacturing
  • Patent - University Research and Technology ...
  • Research Institutions & Higher Education
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Profile

Speaking the language of inventors and inventions 

Dan Ark advises clients in patent prosecution and protection. With a background in materials science and engineering, he brings a broad base of technical knowledge that is of particular value to clients having needs in the overlapping areas of materials, mechanical, electrical and chemical arts. The technologies with which Dan has worked include:

  • Aerospace
  • Clean energy technology
  • Design patents
  • Diagnostics instrumentation
  • Food preparation equipment
  • Materials processing and manufacturing
  • Medical devices
  • Metallurgy
  • Microfluidics
  • Nanotechnology
  • Paper and pulp

Clients appreciate Dan’s practical approach to patent prosecution — weighing the possible commercial value of an invention alongside the cost of pursuing patent protection for it. With both deep and broad knowledge in a range of technologies, Dan speaks the various languages driving inventions and innovation for his clients.

Prior to joining Quarles, Dan worked in the powder metal industry and assisted in academic research that involved characterizing ceramic nanocomposites.

Bar Admissions

  • Wisconsin

Education

  • University of Wisconsin - Madison (B.S., with distinction, 2003)
    • Materials Science, Engineering
    • Tau Beta Pi
  • University of Wisconsin Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2007)

Areas of Practice

  • Intellectual Property Strategic Counseling
  • Patent Prosecution
  • Technology Transfer
  • Intellectual Property
  • Patent
  • Patent - Manufacturing
  • Patent - University Research and Technology Transfer
  • Research Institutions & Higher Education

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