abstract:A patent engineer or patent scientist is a patent professional that is typically involved in preparing and prosecuting patent applications. The terms are usually applied to patent professionals with scientific or engineering backgrounds that do not require either attorney or patent agent qualifications, but still work with patent applications.
Amico bought the rights to the technology in 1996 from the U.S. Navy, which had acquired the patent from a Swedish engineer, Bengt Erland Ilon, who invented this wheel in 1972.
The women played around with different designs and consulted with Ms. Teich's father, an aerospace engineer, about creating a prototype and writing a patent.