Services:
Experienced expert witness having drafted hundreds of reports/declarations in patent and personal injury cases. Designed and built multiple custom testing devices to obtain data and evaluate opinions. Created multiple demonstratives to explain the mechanics and circumstances of accident sequences and patented devices. Testified in deposition 30+ times and multiple times in trial.
Mr. Smith has been retained as an expert on over 100 patent and personal injury cases, providing testimony in a number of them. He has attended SEAK expert witness training and possesses significant experience and competency in the following areas:
Patent Invalidity/Non-infringement
Patent Infringement/Validity
Prior Art Searching
Claim Construction
Product Liability
Personal Injury
Failure Reconstruction
Safety
Mr. Smith has been extensively involved in various aspects of patent litigation, including claim construction, prior art and patent searches, infringement/validity analyses, and non-infringement/invalidity analyses on over 50 cases. His work spans district court cases, IPRs, EPRs, and cases in the ITC.
Below are some of the categories of patent issues Mr. Smith has consulted on:
Trailers
Agricultural Equipment
Trailer Tarping Systems
Oil/Gas Drilling Equipment
Weight Machines
Athletic Equipment
Archery Equipment
Hinges
Seating/Chairs
Hand Tools
Springs
Office Supplies
Food Processors
Blenders
Coffee and Tea Makers
Vacuum Cleaners
Hospital Equipment
Cleaning Systems
Car Seat Gap Fillers
Baby Bottle Warmers
Cooler Latching Systems
Grills and Smokers
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Qualifications:
Master of Business Administration (MBA) 2009-2011
Marriott School of business | Brigham Young University
Emphasis in Product Development
Masters of Science - Mechanical Engineeering 2008-2011
Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering | Brigham Young University
Emphasis - Product Design, Mechanism Design,
Compliant Mechanisms, MEMS
Bachelor’s of Science - Mechanical Engineering 2002-2007
Brigham Young University - Idaho
Cum Laude Graduate
Academic Scholarship
Boy Scouts of America Scholarship
During his time at Alpine Engineering and Design, Inc., Mr. Smith has become familiar with patent prosecution and patent litigation. He has written multiple provisional patent applications, and has worked with attorneys in writing the specifications, creating drawings and drafting claims for utility patents on products he has helped design. As part of the product development process, he has performed patent searches, both for informational purposes and to lessen the likelihood that new developments would infringe other’s intellectual property.
Mr. Smith is listed as an inventor on seven issued patents.
9,387,788 - Combination Trailer
9,616,799 - Pneumatic Tank Trailer
9,758,083 – Pneumatic Tank Trailer
9,789,916 - Pneumatic Tank Trailer
10,206,495 - Vehicle Receiver Hitch-Supported Cargo Rack
Transformable into a Picnic Table with Benches
10,683,176 – Material Placer
11,013,391 – Scraper Apparatus
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Experience:
Experienced mechanical engineer (MS, PE) with seven issued patents. Award winning inventor. President of Alpine Engineering and Design, a mechanical engineering consulting company with clients around the United States ranging from individual inventors to Fortune 500 companies. Worked on the development of multiple successful products including among other things: forklifts, forklift attachments, conveyors, aerial lifts, garbage trucks, thrill rides, ziplines, trailers, oil and gas equipment, exercise equipment, manufacturing equipment and multiple consumer products.
Graduated Cum Laude with a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering.Completed a master's of science degree in mechanical engineering and an MBAwith an emphasis in product development. Licensed professional engineer (PE)and a certified safety professional in comprehensive practice (CSP). Certifiedtrainer for boom lifts, scissor lifts, rough terrain and counterbalanced forklifts.Nearly two decades of experience in product development, patents, equipmentsafety and risk assessments. Experienced expert witness having drafted hundreds of reports/declarations inpatent and personal injury cases. Designed and built multiple custom testingdevices to obtain data and evaluate opinions. Created multiple demonstrativesto explain the mechanics and circumstances of accident sequences andpatented devices. Testified in deposition 30+ times and multiple times in trial.
Peer Reviewed Publications
Off-axis Stiffness and Piezoresistive Sensing in Large-displacement Linearmotion MEMS (Brigham Young University, Master’s Thesis, 2009)
Piezoresistive Encoders for Ratcheting Actuation Systems (Sensors and
Actuators A: Physical, Volume 165, Issue 2, February 2011)
Design Optimization of a Linear-motion Large-displacement Micro
Mechanism for High Off-axis Stiffness (ASME International Design
Engineering Technical Conferences IDETC/CIE 2009)
Metrics for Evaluation and Design of Large-displacement Linear-motion
Compliant Mechanisms (Journal of Mechanical Design, 2012)
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Categories:
Accidents , Accident Prevention and Safety , Construction Claims , Constructon Materials/ Methods Failures , Elevator , Engineer , Engineer Crane , Engineering Forensic , Engineering/Safety Engineering , Failure Analysis , Finite Element Analysis , Forensic Engineering , Fork Lift Trucks , Fork Lift Truck Accident Analysis , Industrial Accidents , Industrial Design , Intellectual Property/Damages , Infringement/Piracy , Machinery Safety/Visibility , Man Lift Safety , Material Failure Investigations/Analysis , Oil and Gas Oil Tanks , Oil and Gas Oil Tanks , OSHA/Investigations , Patents , Patents/Information , Patent Infringements , Patent Litigation , Safety Engineering , Sports and Recreation/ Exercise Machines , Stress Analysis , Toy Safety/Design , Trucking accidents and investigation , Warnings , Worker Safety , Wrongful Death , Accident Investigation , Engineering Mechanical , Expert Determination , Industrial Injuries , Intellectual Property , Machinery , Oil and Gas , Safety And Risk Management , Trucks/Heavy , Trucks/Trailors , Machine Guards , Consumer Product Accidents , Hydraulics , Playgrounds Equipment , Mechanical Failure , Health Club Accidents , Industrial Failure , Equipment Failure , Training Safety , Industrial Control and Instrumentation , Escalator Failure , Industrial Safety
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