OCEAN TOMO

Jonathan A. Barney
Managing Director
Orange County Office

Ph: (949) 648-7341
Fx: (949) 743-0242
jbarney@oceantomo.com

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Jonathan A. Barney

Jonathan A. Barney is the founder and CEO of PatentRatings, LLC and a Managing Director of Ocean Tomo, LLC, an integrated Intellectual Capital Merchant Banc® firm. As an inventor, lawyer and entrepreneur with over 20 years experience working with patents and technology, Jonathan provides thought leadership in the areas of quantitative patent analysis, patent capital investment strategies and other strategic initiatives broadly aimed at creating and enhancing market liquidity in patents and related intellectual capital assets.

Jonathan is a frequent lecturer on these and related topics, most recently addressing the University of Notre Dame Mendoza College of Business. He has also lectured before various professional organizations, such as the Licensing Executives Society USA and Canada (LES), Licensing Executives Society International (LESI), the Life Science Industry Council (LINC), Whittier Law School, Wisconsin Bar Association (WBA), Orange County Bar Association (OCBA), Orange County Patent Law Association (OCPLA) and Orange County Investment Forum (OCIF).

Prior to starting PatentRatings and joining Ocean Tomo, Jonathan was a partner in the Newport Beach, California offices of Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP, where he specialized in patent prosecution, patent licensing and strategic patent asset management. Jonathan is a registered patent lawyer and a graduate of Virginia Tech University (B.S.M.E. 1987, cum laude) and The University of Michigan Law School (J.D. 1993, cum laude).