Neethu
Elizabeth Simon
Senior Software Engineer at Intel Corporation
"Stumble and Humble: Success Story of grit and determination after multiple patent rejections"
"Stumble and Humble: Success Story of grit and determination after multiple patent rejections"
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Session: Stumble and Humble: Success Story of grit and determination after multiple patent rejections
A software idea is patentable that protects computer software. These can be standalone computer software program, mobile app or software integrated into mechanical devices. Unlike hardware-based patents, filing software-based patents is difficult. There are several challenges when filing software-based patents due to its short shelf life and the requirements that are used to satisfy any other type of invention become complicated when applied to software-based patents. Speaker successfully filed and published her first patent after getting rejected thrice by the internal company patent office. This presentation will illustrate her story of grit & determination in filing her first patent after 3 failures. She will cover the challenges and different strategies employed to achieve success.Key Takeaways
- Learn the process involved in converting an idea into patent.
- Understand different challenges involved in filling software-based patents.
- Learn different strategies to publish successful software-based patents.
Bio
Neethu Elizabeth Simon is an IOT/ML Senior Software Engineer in the Edge Computing Group at Intel Corporation, with vast industrial experience in building smart end-to-end computer vision-based Machine Learning solutions in retail, biopharma, healthcare etc. Neethu holds Master’s in Computer Science from Arizona State University and demonstrates her proficiency by presenting at multiple global conferences(e.g. GHC, SWE, Open-Source-Summit) including analytics and software professional conferences and is often invited to share her expertise with college students. She also shares her technical knowledge by leading & reviewing technical conferences, patent filings and book publications. Neethu is recognized as 2024 Outstanding Women in Engineering Leadership by WomenTech Network. She is the recipient of 2023-Women Who Code – Applaud Her Award for achieving excellence, innovation in industry and showing leadership and 2020 Society of Women Engineers Distinguished New Engineer Award for being powerful technical contributor, for encouraging a diverse and inclusive work environment and for being ally for improving diversity through educational outreach.Apart from her day job, Neethu currently leads the global Technical Women in Intel(TWIN) Cross-site group and has previously led the Intel India-AZ Employee Resource Group (ERG) for several years where in she has organized multiple cultural, networking, STEM volunteering and career development events. Outside work, Neethu is passionate about promoting girls in STEM, women in technology, Diversity and Inclusion(D&I). She is an active member of the IEEE Women in Engineering(WIE), Phoenix section and Society of Women Engineers(SWE), contributing at both society level and with the Phoenix chapter.
