James Goedken

James Goedken is a patent attorney and tech entrepreneur based in Chicago, Illinois. He is the Founder and CEO of SyncIDS, a company he established in January 2010.1 SyncIDS provides advanced prior art database services for patent practitioners, helping them file Information Disclosure Statements with the U.S. Patent Office.2

Goedken has over 25 years of experience in the patent industry, combining his expertise as a patent attorney, software developer, and inventor.3 Before founding SyncIDS, he held several prominent positions in the legal field:

• Partner at Faegre Baker Daniels LLP (June 2012 - January 2016)1
• Partner at K&L Gates LLP (June 2004 - June 2012)1
• Founder and Partner at Grossman and Flight LLC (January 2002 - June 2004)1
• Associate at Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (January 1999 - January 2002)1

Prior to his legal career, Goedken worked as a Lead Software Engineer at Motorola Mobility Inc. from June 1991 to October 1999, where he developed embedded software and led teams in creating cordless telephone products.1

Goedken's educational background includes:

• Doctor of Law (J.D.) from The John Marshall Law School, where he graduated with honors (1997-2001)1
• Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Computer Engineering from Iowa State University (1988-1991)1

As an inventor, Goedken holds 10 electrical and software patents and has personally coded over 100,000 lines of microcontroller-based assembly language software during his time at Motorola.1