Bret Petersen

Bret Petersen is a Patent Attorney at NovoTech Patent Firm, based in the Midwest. Bret specializes in drafting and prosecuting patents across a wide range of electronic and software technologies.

Patent Law Experience

Bret has extensive experience drafting and prosecuting patents in various areas of electronics. His expertise includes satellite communications, integrated circuit fabrication processes, low dielectric interconnect structures, memory capacitor structures, transistor structures, calculators, disk drive driver circuits, and analog and digital circuits. In the software domain, Bret has worked on patents related to networking, workload management, hypervisors, operating system software, virtual machine deployment, cloud computing, and mobile phone communications. He has also prepared patents for database query optimization, database optimization, and database processing.

Legal Background

Bret’s legal career includes working at a law firm where he prosecuted patents, drafted appeals, handled trademarks, and counseled clients on intellectual property matters. He also served as corporate patent counsel at Texas Instruments for 10 years. During his time at Texas Instruments, Bret managed patent prosecution, worked with outside counsels, administered invention review committees, assisted with foreign patent prosecution, and advised business groups on intellectual property issues.

Technical Background

Before becoming a patent attorney, Bret worked as a digital design engineer at Texas Instruments. He designed interfaces for test equipment and airborne computer systems, providing him with a strong technical foundation for his legal practice.

Additional Credentials

Bret is admitted to practice in the state of Texas and before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.