Nathan J. Smith

Nathan J. Smith is a patent attorney, admitted to practice in Ohio and registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). He joined Eschweiler & Potashnik in 2020, was registered with the USPTO as a patent agent in 2022, and received his Juris Doctor from the University of Akron in 2024. His technical background spans electrical and computer engineering and other disciplines, with a focus on electromagnetism. He earned his Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, and Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from The Ohio State University.

Before joining the firm, Nathan was an engineering and scientific researcher and manager at Sandia National Laboratories. His work centered on research and development (R&D) of antennas, specifically reconfigurable antennas and matching networks, phased arrays, electrically small antennas, non-traditional antennas, and aperture antennas from HF through Ka bands. He also has experience in wave propagation, RF measurement and characterization, RF ICs, radar systems, rapid hardware development, embedded hardware and software design, mechanical packaging, tagging, tracking, and locating, and nuclear engineering. He managed a group responsible for printed circuit board design for a wide range of U.S. defense applications.

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