Darin Gibby focuses his practice on intellectual property counseling, transactions and licensing matters, and he is experienced handling the intellectual property aspects of mergers and acquisitions. He counsels start-ups and small businesses on the intellectual property challenges they face. In addition, he manages several large patent portfolios for Fortune 500 companies. Mr. Gibby is the managing partner of the firm's Denver office. He was instrumental in launching the Denver office in 1995, and since that time has spearheaded its growth and emergence as the largest patent firm in Denver.

Mr. Gibby’s practice emphasizes patent prosecution and licensing in software and financial transaction systems, medical devices, drug delivery systems, telecommunications, food products, biotechnology-related devices, ceramics and Internet-related technology. He has obtained significant patents on atherectomy and imaging catheters, CPR methods, chemical synthesizing systems, computer peripherals, software, sporting goods, cheese making processes, disk drive heads, baby products and electro-surgical medical devices. He is experienced in reexamination and interference procedures, including invalidatiing a significant patent covering dynamic currency conversion. Mr. Gibby also regularly provides freedom-to-operate opinions, as well as invalidity and noninfringement opinions.

As part of his practice, Mr. Gibby routinely visits the U.S. Patent Office in Alexandria, VA, having interviewed hundreds of cases. His strategy focuses on working with examiners, rather than resorting to the appellate process. As a result, he has a working relationship with numerous examiners across many art units. 

Mr. Gibby was voted Banister's Best Patent Lawyer in 2010, named Colorado's Best Patent Attorney in 2009 and 2008 Lawyer of the Year for expanding the law office by 40 percent by Law Week Colorado. He was named a Colorado "Super Lawyer" by 5280 Magazine and SuperLawyers magazine in 2006 and 2012. Mr. Gibby was listed in the 2005 edition of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business in the area of Intellectual Property and he was listed as #1 in the 2011 edition. Mr. Gibby was also recognized as one of eight Denver attorneys to be selected as a 2011 BTI Client Service All-Star.