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He has extensive experience developing commercial biorefinery technologies for the production of chemicals, materials, and energy from biomass. He has developed patent-pending biorefinery technologies as lead inventor. He is aware of the spectrum of feedstocks, technology pathways, co-product opportunities, economic considerations, and IP issues associated with biorefineries.

He is a registered U.S. patent agent with a busy patent practice, having prepared and filed over 1000 patent applications. He keeps up on evolving patent law developments in the USPTO, Congress, and in the courts. Claims, which define the patent right, are paramount. The patent specification must support the claims. Also, claims must be practical claims which actually protect the business (through either offensive or defensive patenting), rather than merely legal constructions or technical curiosities. A large aspect of his practice involves identifying inventions and innovation through invention disclosures, as well as "patent engineering" to further broaden inventions and patents.

His doctorate in chemical engineering is specifically in the field of chemical reaction engineering, from the top-rated Ph.D. school in chemical engineering (U of Minnesota). Industrially, he practiced chemical reaction engineering for many years before developing a patent and consulting practice. He still consults technically in this area, apart from IP considerations. In all these experiences, modeling and simulation played an important role.

Expert helped a client understand the state of the art with respect to a certain biochemical, through a detailed study and report.He helped a client develop an intellectual-property strategy and plan for implementation. Expert worked with client's inventors to draft a patent application.He worked with a client to implement best practices with respect to reaction engineering and catalysis. Expert helped a client to implement best practices with respect to statistical design and analysis of experiments.