Joseph Probst
Principal at University of Washington
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJoseph Probst is a Principal patent attorney and adjunct professor based in Seattle with 12 years of experience counseling clients on intellectual property strategy and prosecuting patents for electrical and computer-implemented inventions. He combines deep technical fluency—backed by a BS in BioEngineering and a Stanford certificate in Machine Learning—with courtroom-level IP insight from a Federal Circuit clerkship. His practice focuses on AI and deep learning technologies while spanning hardware, embedded systems, and software, drawing on hands-on experience contributing to robotics/IoT open-source work such as enhancing a Crazyflie ROS driver. Known for translating complex technical concepts into robust patent claims, he teaches IP to engineers and entrepreneurs, blending practical prosecution experience with academic rigor.
12 years of coding experience
Doctor of Law (JD), Law, With High Honors; Order of the Coif, Doctor of Law (JD), Law, With High Honors; Order of the Coif at University of Washington School of LawBS, BioEngineering, Magna Cum Laude, BS, BioEngineering, Magna Cum Laude at Clemson UniversityCertificate in Machine Learning, Certificate in Machine Learning at Stanford University
Github Skills (9)
crazyflie10
embedded10
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
sys10
ros10
communications9
telecommunication9
networking8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
whoenig/crazyflie_ros
Aug 2017 - Sep 2017
ROS Driver for Bitcraze Crazyflie
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:7 commits, 2 PRs, 9 comments in 1 month
Contributions summary:Joseph primarily focused on extending the functionality of a ROS driver for the Crazyflie drone. They implemented features for publishing unhandled packets and added a service for transmitting arbitrary radio packets, enabling more flexible communication with the drone. The user also refactored the code to handle outgoing packets more efficiently by adding packet queuing and transmission methods. Finally, they addressed a bug related to the enabling of packet publishing.
crazyflieros2slam-algorithmsopenvrros
JGSuw/rospy_crazyflie
Jun 2018 - Jul 2021
Contributions:31 commits, 3 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years 1 month
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