David McNeill

David McNeill assists with patent applications for industries including semiconductors, 5G technology, AI, robotics, and—in one memorable departure—cooking stoves, under the supervision and approval of registered patent practitioners. He also works with colleagues and clients to understand their prosecution strategy, developing a comprehensive approach to guide action responses and continuation recommendations. Additionally, David has conducted inventor disclosure meetings and participated in examiner interviews and negotiations. 

Before joining Ashurst Perkins Coie, David designed tester software in the semiconductor industry. As part of this work, David developed machine learning software for distributed systems. These systems encompassed virtual machines on the cloud as well as networks of testers spread across a global manufacturing supply chain. David also wrote user experience/user interface code and hardware-specific embedded code to assist technicians in their operation of testers. To this end, David collaborated with mechanical and electrical engineers. 

David holds a Master of Science degree in computer science from Boise State University, where he wrote his thesis on natural language processing in human-robot interaction.