David P. Madio, Ph.D.

Patent Agent

David P. Madio, Ph.D.

Overview

Dr. Madio is an experienced patent agent working largely on patent preparation and prosecution, particularly in the areas of physics, mechanical, electrical, electromechanical, and optical technologies.  Dr. Madio has prepared U.S. and foreign patent applications for large corporations, start-ups, and universities.  In addition, he has assisted in the preparation of legal opinions, including freedom to operate and invalidity. Dr. Madio enjoys working with inventors, in-house counsel, and other IP professionals to protect a client’s intellectual assets.

Experience

Dr. Madio brings more than 20 years of experience in research, engineering, and real-time analysis and interpretation of client data to his work as a patent agent.  He is comfortable building laboratory hardware as well as inventing novel measurement methods and writing software used to process the data.  An award-winning communicator as well as a patented inventor, Dr. Madio enjoys working with inventors, in-house counsel, and other intellectual property stakeholders.  He also understands the importance of developing good working relationships with patent examiners, some of whom may handle multiple applications from a single client.

While Dr. Madio’s work as a patent agent has focused on the areas of physics, mechanical, electrical, electromechanical, and optical technologies, his expertise extends to such other areas as automotive, image and data processing, computing, oil and gas, navigation, medical devices, medical imaging, and sensor technologies.  In fact, he has handled patent matters in each of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Technology Centers.

Prior to joining Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Dr. Madio carried out research in academic, governmental, and industrial laboratories.  At the National Institutes of Health, he helped pioneer a means of gene therapy that combines magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with focused ultrasound as well as improved functional MRI brain imaging.  While with Schlumberger, Dr. Madio developed novel nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) hardware and methods for performing subterranean measurements for the oil and gas industry.

Education

  • University of Pittsburgh, Ph.D. in Physics, 1996
  • University of Pittsburgh, M.S. in Physics, 1989
  • Wesleyan University, B.A. in Physics, 1981

Admissions

  • Registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Honors

  • Distinguished Speaker, Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts
  • Rotary Foundation Graduate Scholar

Professional Affiliations

American Physical Society (APS)

Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts (SPWLA)

Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago (IPLAC)

Articles, Publications & Lectures

A New Capture and Inelastic Spectroscopy Tool Takes Geochemical Logging to the Next Level, R.J. Radtke, Maria Lorente, Bob Adolph, Markus Berheide, Scott Fricke, Jim Grau, Susan Herron, Jack Horkowitz, Bruno Jorion, David Madio, Dale May, Jeffrey Miles, Luke Perkins, Olivier Philip, Brad Roscoe, David Rose, and Chris Stoller, Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts Annual Symposium, Paper AAA, 2012.

Devices, systems and methods for assessing porous media properties, U.S. Patent Number 7,486,070.  Granted February 3, 2009. David P. Madio and David Linton Johnson.

Thermal Neutron Porosity using Pulsed Neutron Measurements, Scott Fricke, David P. Madio, Bob Adolph, Mike Evans, and Rob Leveridge, Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts Annual Symposium, 2008.

Fast imaging with the MMME sequence, H. Cho, L. Chavez, E.E. Sigmund, D.P. Madio, and Y.-Q. Song, Journal of Magnetic Resonance 180(1), 18, 2006.

Nuclear magnetic resonance apparatus and methods for analyzing fluids extracted from earth formation, U.S. Patent Number 6,841,996. Granted January 11, 2005.  David P. Madio, Robert L. Kleinberg, Richard W. Gaylor, and Robert Freedman.

Magnetic resonance method for characterizing fluid samples withdrawn from subsurface earth formations, U.S. Patent Number 6,825,657. Granted November 30, 2004.  Robert L. Kleinberg, David P. Madio, and Oliver C. Mullins.

Transforming NMR Data Despite Missing Data Points, Dean O. Kuethe, Arvind Caprihan, Irving J. Lowe, David P. Madio, H. Michael Gach, Journal of Magnetic Resonance 139(1), 18, 1999.

On the Feasibility of MRI-Guided Focused Ultrasound for Local Induction of Gene Expression, David P. Madio, Peter van Gelderen, Alan Olson, Daryl DesPres, Tim Fawcett, Nikki Holbrook, Myrna Mandel, and Chrit T. W. Moonen, Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging 8(1), 101, 1998.

Ultra-Fast Velocity Imaging in Stenotically-Produced Turbulent Jets using RUFIS, David P. Madio, H. Michael Gach, and Irving J. Lowe, Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 39(4), 574, 1998.

A Programmable Pre-Emphasis System, H. Michael Gach, Irving J. Lowe, David P. Madio, Arvind Caprihan, Stephen A. Altobelli, Dean O. Kuethe, Eiichi Fukushima, Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 40(3), 427, 1998.

Fast 3D fMRI with Presto, P. van Gelderen, J. W. C. van der Veen, D. Madio, and C. T. W. Moonen, International Symposium on Brain Mapping, published in NeuroImage 5(4, Part II), S494, 1997.

Velocity Mapping of Turbulent Flow Using RUFIS, H. M. Gach, D. P. Madio, and I. J. Lowe, Proceedings, International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine Fifth Scientific Meeting, 114, 1997.

Fast Temperature Mapping/Focused Ultrasound, David Madio, Alan Olson, A. Scott Chesnick, Chrit Moonen, Thirty-Eighth Experimental Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Conference, 28, 1997.

Advances in fast 3D fMRI on a clinical 1.5T Instrument using the PRESTO technique, Chrit T. W. Moonen, Peter van Gelderen, Jan Willem van der Veen, David Madio, Cecile Grandin, Jeff Duyn, Joseph Frank, Nick F. Ramsey, and Daniel R. Weinberger, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Brain Mapping, Oiso, 1996.

Measurement of Flow Velocity in Turbulent Jets with RUFIS, D. P. Madio, H. M. Gach, and I. J. Lowe, Proceedings, Society of Magnetic Resonance Fourth Scientific Meeting, 1290, 1996.

Linear Least Squares Reconstruction of Missing Time Domain Data, D. P. Madio, H. M. Gach, and I. J. Lowe, Proceedings, Society of Magnetic Resonance Fourth Scientific Meeting, 1528, 1996.

A Programmable Pre-emphasis System, H. M. Gach, D. P. Madio, I. J. Lowe, A. Caprihan, and S. A. Altobelli, Proceedings, Society of Magnetic Resonance Fourth Scientific Meeting, 1401, 1996.

Ultra-Fast Imaging Using Low Flip-Angles and FIDs, David P. Madio and Irving J. Lowe, Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 34, 525, 1995.

Ultra-Fast Imaging of Flowing and Moving Systems with DUFIS, D. P. Madio, R. E. Wysong, and I. J. Lowe, Proceedings, Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine Twelfth Annual Meeting, 647, 1993.

A Novel Eddy Current Compensation Scheme for Pulsed Gradient Systems, R. E. Wysong, D. P. Madio, and I. J. Lowe, Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 31, 572, 1994.

Education

  • University of Pittsburgh, Ph.D. in Physics, 1996
  • University of Pittsburgh, M.S. in Physics, 1989
  • Wesleyan University, B.A. in Physics, 1981

Admissions

  • Registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office