David G. Grossman George Mason University Assistant Director, Office of Technology Transfer, George Mason University Adjunct Professor of Law, George Mason University School of Law Board of Directors, National Association of Patent Practioners Research Editor, Tomorrow's Technology Transfer: The Journal of the Association of University Technology Managers Licensed to practice patent law before the United States Patent and trademark Office

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Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, American University Washington College of Law, 2004 Mussey Prize (for achieving the highest GPA in the part-time division during the final year) Order of the Coif (legal honor society) Nathan Burkan Memorial Competition (first place) The American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy, and the Law (Managing Editor) The Glushko Samuelson Intellectual Property Law Clinic (full year clinical training)

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Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, 1981 Keystone Honor Society, 1977. The first Electrical Engineering Cooperative Education Student at Penn State.

PATENTS/PUBLICATIONS

U.S. Patent No. 7.484.100, Temporally Threaded CMI Watermark (issued Jan. 27, 2009). U.S. Patent No. 7,346,185, Optical content modulation for visual copyright protection (issued Mar. 18, 2008). U.S. Patent No. 7,218,754, Visual Copyright Protection (issued May, 14, 2007). U.S. Patent No. 7,076,763, Live Component System (issued July 11, 2006). U.S. Patent No. 6,950,532, Visual Copyright Protection (issued Sept. 27, 2005). U.S. Patent No. 6,923,367, Safety Mailbox (issued Aug. 2, 2005). Patents directed towards Control Apparatus for Powered Vehicle Door Systems: U.S. Patent No. 5,684,470 (issued Nov. 4, 1997). U.S. Patent No. 5,389,920 (issued Feb. 14, 1995). U.S. Patent No. 5,239,779 (issued Aug 31, 1993). U.S. Patent No. 5,189,839 (issued June 8, 1993. U.S. Patent No. 5,216,838 (issued June 8, 1993). U.S. Patent No. 5,140,316 (issued Aug. 18, 1992). U.S. Patent App. No. 60/628538, Secure Remote Repeater (filed Nov. 18, 2004). U.S Patent App. No. 13/340,701, Temporally Threaded CMI Watermark (filed Dec. 20, 2008) David G. Grossman, Screening the Screeners 45 IDEA 361 (2005).  This article discusses the problem of movie piracy and proposes a technical/legal solution involving the use of a newly proposed temporally threaded watermark in combination with legal action under 17 U.S.C. 1202 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

Assistant Director, Office of Technology Transfer Evaluate, protect, and license cutting edge innovations developed by George Mason University faculty, staff, and students. Prosecute non-life science technologies. Assist Director in office planning, developing strategic directions and day to day management of the office. Directly supervise patent agent, paralegal, interns and work study personnel. Provide presentations, lectures and counseling on technology transfer and intellectual property issues throughout the University. Develop and maintain productive relationships with George Mason faculty and administration. Adjunct Professor of Law Teach a clinical patent drafting course at the George Mason University School of Law. Students draft real patent applications for technologies developed by George Mason University faculty, staff, and students.

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Visual Copyright Protection Cinea was founded to provide anti-piracy solutions to the worldwide motion picture and television industries. Along with one of Cinea's founders, Conceived (and patented) a visual copyright protection technology that prevents camcorders from recording projected movies. Cinea developed this technology further in collaboration with Sarnoff Corporation under a multi-million dollar grant from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Prosecuted and managed the Cinea patent portfolio since its inception Assisted Cinea with patent related due diligence when it was acquired by Dolby Labs in 2003.

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Patent Practice Prosecuting patents in a private patent practice since 1999.  Clients include corporate and private inventors.

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Corporate Patent Agent Prosecuted and managed the patent portfolio for Digital Video Express LP (DIVX), a subsidiary of Circuit City Stores, Inc. IP included Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) system enhancements, novel business model implementations, electronic security, and electronic cinema.  Worked with inventors, patent searchers, other patent practioners, and corporate management to ensure that time constraints, continuity of patent related issues, and cost containment were managed in an efficient and effective manner.  Additional responsibilities included regularly reviewing IP discovery issues with internal staff, as well as  monitoring and assessing applicable developments in technology relating to DIVX’s IP, included managing technical and IP issues related to future business.  Wrote a short paper entitled, Remembering DIVX, An Intellectual Property Case Study that examines the history of the intellectual property related to the DIVX venture.

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Rockets Lead Software Engineer for the NASA/Orbital X-34 rocket plane, the Pegasus air launched rocket and the Taurus ground launched rocket. Developed new subsystem interfaces; maintained, built, released and implemented improvements to flight, simulation, and ground support software; and wrote custom payload interfaces.

X-34   X-34 is a reusable technology test bed vehicle that is designed to demonstrate technologies that are essential to lowering the cost of access to space. The vehicle structure is all-composite with a one piece delta wing design, 58 feet in length and 28 feet wide.  The X-34 vehicle is capable of speeds up to Mach 8 and altitudes of 250,000 feet. Specific technologies designed into the vehicle include autonomous flight operations, composite structures, composite RP-1 fuel tank, advanced thermal protection system, and leading edge tiles. This project is was NASA's first test bed vehicle since the X-15.

Pegasus   Pegasus is a patented three-stage, delta-wing, air launched rocket that can carry satellites weighing up to 1,000 pounds into low-Earth orbit. Carried aloft by an L-1011 aircraft to a point approximately 40,000 feet over open ocean, where it is released and then free-falls in a horizontal position for five seconds before igniting its first stage rocket motor. With the aerodynamic lift generated by its delta wing, Pegasus places satellites into orbit in a little over 10 minutes. The world's first privately developed space launch vehicle, and the first winged vehicle to accelerate to eight times the speed of sound.

Taurus   Taurus is a four-stage, ground-launched rocket derived from the strong heritage of the Pegasus program. Fills the cost and performance gap between Pegasus and the industry's much larger, more expensive launch vehicles, delivering satellites weighing up to 3,000 pounds into low-Earth orbit, or up to 800 pounds into geosynchronous transfer orbit. Fully transportable, capable of launching from austere sites, and able to be quickly assembled to provide rapid response launches.

Satellites Developed spacecraft flight software for the Advanced Photovoltaics and Electronics Experiment (APEX) spacecraft. APEX was a 572 pound orbital lab containing various experiments for the United States Air Force including an advanced photovoltaic experiment. Main mission was to test a wide array of electronic components in an orbit that placed it in the Van Allen Belt where it was exposed it to a harsh radiation environment.  Operated for several times it's planned mission which was to survive more than a year in an environment where it would be exposed to more radiation than most low Earth orbiting satellites receive in 10 years.

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Musical Instrument Design Have a lifelong interest in musical acoustics and instrument construction.  Developed a complete solid model of an acoustic guitar using an advanced computer aided design system.  Studied with several master instrument makers and repairman including Wayne Henderson, Keith Young, Robert Zatzman and Edward Smith.  Made over thirty instruments including violins, mandolins, hammered dulcimers, mountain dulcimers, and guitars.   Developed and marketed a family of high tech electric guitars and violins.  After building the first set of prototypes, started a corporation which successfully acquired funding and took these high end products to market.  New technologies developed for the musical instruments includes carbon composite necks, inaudible miniaturized neon tube power supplies, a novel musical instrument body construction, piezo electric transducer electronics, and performance control systems.