Dominic M. Kotab
Principal
Dominic M. Kotab is a registered patent attorney and co-founder of Zilka-Kotab PC, where he currently serves as President.
With a background in chemical engineering and a strong basis in all types of computer-based technology, he helps companies identify and protect their core inventions and turn them into strategic business assets. He specializes in building high-value patent portfolios that give clients a competitive edge, strengthen their defensibility, support successful capital raises, and create clear pathways for long-term monetization and growth.
Dominic has broad experience across a wide range of technologies. His work spans semiconductor design, fabrication and tooling, as well as data storage and integrated circuits. He also has significant expertise in networks, image processing, mechanical systems, chemical discovery and processing, additive manufacturing, alternative energy technologies such as battery systems and carbon capture, and nanotechnology. He is skilled at turning complex invention disclosures into strong, enforceable patents that deliver real commercial value, especially in AI hardware, advanced materials, and sustainable technologies.
Beyond patent preparation and prosecution, Dominic has provided strategic counsel through hundreds of validity and freedom-to-operate opinions, infringement analyses, licensing initiatives, and pre-litigation diligence. He has a proven track record of delivering high-quality work while staying within clients’ budgets. Companies and inventors turn to him when they need intellectual property positioned for market leadership and future revenue growth.
He brings particular expertise in global patent portfolio management and collaborates closely with foreign associates carefully chosen over decades of joint collaboration to secure effective worldwide protection for his clients’ inventions.
He is fluent in Spanish.