Ben Dugan specializes in computer-related patent prosecution. He received his B.S. in Values, Technology, Science and Society, with a concentration in Computer Science, from Stanford University in 1992. He received an M.S. in Computer Science (1995) and a J.D. (2005) from the University of Washington.

After receiving his M.S., Ben served for two years as Chief Architect for a San Francisco-based startup company, where he designed, developed, and deployed voice-activated web browser technologies. Ben also worked for five years for as an instructor for the University of Washington Department of Computer Science and Engineering, teaching a wide variety of undergraduate courses for majors and non-majors. In 2002, the University of Washington Student Chapter of the ACM awarded him the UW ACM Teaching Award. Ben has expertise in the areas of computer architecture, operating systems, programming language implementation, object-oriented design and development, and user interface design.

Ben is admitted to the Washington State Bar.

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