I'm Nick. I appreciate you stopping by.
Welcome to my personal site. I'm using this space to introduce myself, share thoughts, and hopefully leave some shard of my presence that will outlast me. Professionally, I've been a patent agent for six years, with a close focus on AI/ML inventions.
My brain is full of latent info about architectures, training methods, and sampling optimizations. If you're a fellow professional in or adjacent to this space, I truly find joy in sharing knowledge. Most days it's just me and my cat Zoe until the weekend.
I recently completed my MSc in Computer Science. It's been interesting stretching my old coding chops while embracing agentic development. I like to think my pre-2017 CS experience gives my post-LLM apps a better foundation. It's also handy for understanding the patent work that comes across my desk.
Outside of work, I'm a 32-year-old guy currently in Western Colorado. If you're nearby, shoot me an email at [email protected] and we can connect in a professional or casual capacity. I enjoy gaming, various culinary ventures, fitness, and photography. Be sure to check out some of my favorite images in the Photography tab.
Practice
- Prosecution
- Drafting and response work on AI/ML applications: architectures, training methods, data pipelines, edge inference.
- §101 strategy
- Alice/Mayo positioning from the disclosure stage, not after the first rejection arrives.
- Portfolio shaping
- Continuations, claim-scope laddering, and deciding which disclosures are worth filing at all.
- Technical review
- Reading a repository or a paper and telling you where the patentable subject matter actually sits.