Who is PatentFinance

PatentFinance is a branded service of Mooney IP, a group of highly skilled patent practitioners (agents and attorneys). We focus on maximizing patent Quality, patent practice Innovation, and adding strategic Value to clients.

Under the supervision of our managing member, we prepare and prosecute patents before the USPTO. We have secure systems in place to automate quality checks, get work done in a timely manner, and provide a good customer experience.

Our team also includes a network of dedicated paralegals, patent artists, and experts in various technical and legal subfields.

Pierce Mooney: Patent Practitioner, Managing Member

My career in IP began at a tech startup developing software, hardware, and other IP for clients and in house. I then served as a patent examiner at the USPTO. After passing the patent bar exam, I cut my teeth doing patent preparation and prosecution for one of the most profitable patent portfolios, globally.

Patent Agent and Former Examiner

Working as a patent examiner at the USPTO, Pierce completed all courses in the examiners’ Patent Training Academy. His Supervisory Patent Examiner was the Patent Eligibility point of contact for all of TC 2600 (approx. 1,000 examiners), and taught him how to intimately navigate patent eligibility law. He examined speech and language processing applications. After passing the patent bar exam, Pierce resumed his career in private practice as a registered practitioner. He gained experience obtaining patents that get litigated in one of the world’s most profitable patent portfolios. Pierce leverages techniques gathered from comprehensive training programs and other industry leaders to obtain top quality patents.

Product Developer and Founder

Prior to the USPTO, Pierce built deep technical and business knowledge as a product developer. Over seven years ago, Pierce founded Parseval, LLC, which is now DBA: Mooney IP. He handled over 50 engineering research and development projects, developing a wide range of software and hardware products and skillsets. For example, he developed machine learning, electronic, and firmware solutions for healthcare and defense customers. In house, his team developed products and IP around internet of things and noise control systems. With this experience, he became a PMI-Agile Certified Practitioner. Today, he runs Mooney IP as an agile patent agency, leveraging software to help secure patent quality and value.

Early Career and Education

Pierce's career started as an electronics and systems designer in wireless satellite and security systems. Pierce holds a BSEE from the University of Central Florida, where he attended the honors college and took graduate courses in machine learning and RF communications. While in grad school, he helped faculty win and complete research grants related to wireless networks, entrepreneurship, and medical informatics.

Technical Specialties

Pierce focuses on patenting technologies relating to AI/ML, software, information and communications, electronics and semiconductors, renewable energy, mechanical and medical devices, and electroacoustics. He has extensive experience engineering technologies in each of these domains. He is also able to help inventors optimize the value of their patent protection with strategies including litigation damages data and market fit research, though he is not able to consult on Article III federal courts or give legal advice. Pierce uses his unique capabilities to increase the value of, and de-risk, clients' innovations.

Free Time

In his free time, Pierce enjoys inventing, hiking, biking, coding and IT, and online education. Pierce has been active in IEEE for over ten years. He speaks to groups of inventors, lawyers, and patent practitioners. He serves on the NAPP case law review team, summarizing impacts of new CAFC and Supreme Court decisions on the patent practitioner community's preparation and prosecution practices.

Meet our newest associate

Dr. Brandy Gamblin:

Associate Patent Practitioner

Dr. Brandy Gamblin is a standout patent practitioner. She is a former Fulbright Scholar with 15 years' experience explaining complex physics and chemical concepts to people of various backgrounds. This helps her translate inventions relating to materials, physical products, chemical, and healthcare innovations into granted patent applications. She authored "Chapter 2100 Simplified" about the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure.

Dr. Brandy Gamblin is not just a highly accomplished academic with a Ph.D. in Chemistry; she is a combination of scientific and legal knowledge. Her specialty in Chemistry extends to a broad range of applications, including inventions related to materials science, manufacturing processes, various physical products, and healthcare innovations. Her strong background in science equips her with the critical understanding required to draft and prosecute patents to allowance in these diverse disciplines.

As a distinguished Fulbright Scholar, Dr. Gamblin has proven her intellectual prowess and commitment to cross-cultural understanding. Her professional accomplishments include the authoring of the essential guide, “USPTO Patent Bar Exam MPEP Chapter 2100 Summarized in Plain English.” This book underlines her comprehensive knowledge of the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP), showcasing her capacity to simplify complex patent rules and terms. Her Masters in Nuclear Physics and Ph.D. in Atmospheric and Analytical Chemistry has been applicable to many different industries over her years as a professor and patent practitioner.

Dr. Gamblin’s expertise also includes strong communication skills, a teaching skill highly praised by her former students (4.9/5 on RateMyProfessor.com is extremely rare). These skills extend to her work with patent examiners as well as innovators, where she has been able to simplify complex subjects with clarity and appropriately broaden to alternative embodiments. Her belief in the power of collaboration is evident in her work, adding a layer of depth to her comprehensive approach to patent law.

At the heart of her practice, Dr. Gamblin stands as a source of guidance for those navigating the intricate world of patent law. She brings not only her significant legal and scientific expertise into play but also an empathetic approach that transforms the process of patent law into a more efficient and effective experience. With Dr. Brandy Gamblin by your side, you're not merely hiring a patent practitioner; you're working with a skilled practitioner dedicated to making your experience in patent law both efficient and effective.