Ivan Chaperot

Intellectual Property | Patents | Licensing | IAM 300 Global IP Strategist

Ivan Chaperot provides business advisory services to deep tech startups ranging from invention identification, patent filing strategy, licensing negotiations and patent portfolio management.

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Prior to forming Novalto, Mr. Chaperot served as VP, Licensing & Corporate Development at Kudelski Group, where he led patent licensing negotiations, patent acquisitions and sourced IP-driven M&As. At Finjan Holdings (NASDAQ: FNJN), Mr. Chaperot served as VP, Licensing and was in charge of the worldwide patent licensing revenues. At Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC), Mr. Chaperot negotiated innovative IP deals with startup companies and was also in charge of IP strategy. Prior to that, Mr. Chaperot invested in patented innovations at Intellectual Ventures, a multi-billion-dollar private equity firm. Prior to that, Mr. Chaperot licensed wireless and semiconductor technologies at Nokia (NYSE: NOK) and was a patent attorney at Thales Group, in charge of preparing new patent applications and responding to office actions.

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Mr. Chaperot successfully closed over $100M in Medium strategic IP deals, earning him the world’s top 300 IP strategist award in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2022. He holds a M.S. in Optics and Computer Science. He is a (non-practicing) French & European Patent Attorney.

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Selected Publications
“Why patent open-source software?”, “Startup Patents — You Have Nothing Better To Do?”
available at medium.com/novalto
“SMEs and Patents in the United States”
les Nouvelles - Journal of the Licensing Executives Society, Volume LII No. 4, September 2017
"Financial Valuation Techniques in IP Licensing" 
les Nouvelles - Journal of the Licensing Executives Society, Vol. XLII No. 4, December 2007
“Calculating characteristics of noncollinear phase matching in uniaxial and biaxial crystals”
Opt. Eng. 39(4), 1016-1024 (Apr 01, 2000) · Apr 1, 2000