Overview

Scott Wendorf has extensive experience with prosecution and management of global patent portfolios and with drafting and negotiation of licenses and technology development agreements, with a particular focus on the petroleum, environmental, geothermal, and subsurface sequestration fields. 

Prior to joining Fish & Richardson, Scott was a Senior Counsel (Intellectual Property) for Halliburton and served as Managing Director of Halliburton’s Switzerland office. He also brings a broad scientific and technical background, having completed graduate training and research (in the field and in the laboratory) in isotopic geochemistry, biogeochemistry, and hydrogeology. He is an inventor of several patents for subterranean methods and systems and, as a geologist for Shell Offshore, applied petrophysical and seismic technologies to petroleum exploration projects. In parallel with his legal and geoscience endeavors, he was appointed with a direct reserve military commission and completed basic qualification as a naval intelligence officer. 

Scott is a recipient of the Judge Norman W. Black Award from the State Bar of Texas for his work on behalf of human rights organizations in the U.S. Supreme Court case of Lawrence v. Texas. He currently serves as chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Institute for the Study of Earth and Man at Southern Methodist University, which supports interdisciplinary research and education in energy, earth science, archaeology, and related fields. 

Patents

  • Co-inventor, U.S. Patent No. 10,612,361, Verification of swelling in a well (issued April 7, 2020)
  • Co-inventor, U.S. Patent No. 10,323,503, Subterranean monitoring using enhanced video (issued June 16, 2019)
  • Co-inventor, U.S. Patent No. 10,227,859, Equipment monitoring using enhanced video (issued March 12, 2019)
  • Co-inventor, U.S. Patent No. 10,202,838, Verification of swelling in a well (issued February 12, 2019)

Professional associations

  • Chairman of the Board, Institute for the Study of Earth and Man (ISEM) at SMU (2013-Present)